Oeuvres Complettes, Nouvelle Edition. (4 volumes)

Jean Francois Regnard; Charles George Thomas Garnier

Paris: Maradan, 1790

[Early American bookplate] 4 volume set.  Bound in contemporary polished green calf.  Gilt border.  Gilt spine compartments.  All edges gilt.  Marbled end sheets.  Some foxing, but generally sound.  12 engraved plates. Avec des avertissemens et des remarques sur chaque piece, par M. G*** [i.e. C.G.T. Garnier]. (Avertissement sur la vie et les ouvrages de Regnard.) Nouvelle edition, ornee de ... gravures. Tchmerzine IX, page 380.   Early American Bookplate of John Callender, the Boston engraver. Callender (1751-1821) worked circa 1771-1821 as an engraver in Boston, Mass.  He started as a journeyman in Paul Revere's shop.  He created at least twenty-two bookplates and cut the seal for the Bank of Massachusetts in 1784.  Reference for Callender's bookplate: "6 half open rolls (or billets), Crest: A dexter hand holding erect a half open roll paper."  Bolton's American Armory, p. 29.