GRIMOD DE LA REYNIÈRE (Alexandre-Balthazar-Laurent)]. The Philosophical Lorgnette, found by a R. P. Capucin under the Arcades of the Palais-Royal, & presented to the public by a bachelor. London, Paris, by the author, 1785. - CORNARO (Louis). Advice to live longtems. Paris, Belin, 1783. - 2 works in one vol. in-12, marbled calf, smooth spine decorated, red title, red edges (Binding of the time). - GRIMOD DE LA REYNIÈRE : I) 168 pp. - II) 168 pp. Rare first edition of this facetious work, the second of the author. It is a collection of 241 varied thoughts, around women, love, jealousy, authors, titles of nobility, politeness, beauty, feelings, wigs, trade, booksellers...; some concern dinners, the table of the rich, liquors. - CORNARO: viii and 157 pp. and (1) f. The first edition of this famous work appeared in 1558 in Padua, in-4, followed by numerous reprints and translations. One of the recommendations for a long life of the centenarian Italian hygienist Luigi Cornaro (1467-1566), a descendant of Venetian Doges, is to avoid drunkenness and gluttony; he thus explains the influence of food on the humours. Ex-libris Cherrier. Binding rubbed, spines cracked. Small freckles. Unknown to Vicaire - Oberlé, Fastes, 132.