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From the library of Irene Roosevelt Aitken, a library of finely-bound, small-format books, comprising:

BOYER, François; BABUTY, François. Maximes et avis. Paris: Babuty, 1739.
CHAULIEU, Guillaume Amfrye de. Œuvres de Chaulieu. The Hague: Gosse Juior, 1777. 2 vols.
PIRON, Alexis. Œuvres choisies de Piron. Geneva: [?Gosse Juior], 1777. 2 vols.
Chansons choisies. Geneva: [?Gosse Junior?], 1782. Vols. 2, 3 & 4 only.
MABLY, Gabriel Bonnot de Mably. Entretiens de phocion. Paris: Bailly and Lamy, 1783. 2 vols.
HOMER. Odyssea. Oxford: N. Bliss, 1811. 2 vols.
GUÉNARD, Élisabeth. Les enfans voyageurs. Paris: Alexis Eymery, 1818. 4 vols.
DANTE, Alighieri; PETRONI, Stefano Egidio. La divina commedia. London: James Bain, 1819. 2 vols.
HOMER. L'Iliade d'Homère. Paris: E.A. Lequien, 1819. 4 vols.
LESAGE, Alain-René. Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane. Paris: Dauthereau, 1827. 6 vols.
BROWNING, Elizabeth Barrett. Sonnets from the Portuguese. London: Leopold B. Hil, [c.1915].

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