(Piron, A). OUEVRES COMPLETTES D'ALEXIS PIRON by Rigolet de Juvigny. Paris, 1776. 7 vols., complete. 8vo., Contemporary or early red leather tooled and gilt, with marbled endpapers and all edges gilt; engraved frontis in Volume I. A beautiful set. Spines darkened to brown, and with a few losses at the extremities; internals Near Fine throughout, with only occasional evidence of foxing. Piron, 1689-1773, was a French poet, epigrammatist, satirist and dramatist, known and feared for his vicious tongue and gift for repartee.
