[PERRAULT (Charles)]. Collection of various works in prose and verse. Paris: from the printing works of Jean-Baptiste Coignard, Guillaume de Luyne, Jean Guignard fils, 1675. - In-4, 283 x 210: (6 ff.), 316 pp. Brown calfskin, spine ribbed and decorated, red edges (contemporary binding). Tchémerzine, V, p. 164 .an extremely rare original edition, dedicated to the Prince of Conti, published by the writer Louis Le Laboureur (1615-1679) who signed the epistle. This is a collection of Charles Perrault's literary output up to 1675, including the Dialogue of Love & Friendship, the Ode to Peace, The Labyrinth of Versailles, the Critique of the Opera, or Examination of the Tragedy entitled Alcestis or the Triumph of Alcide, etc. The edition is illustrated with two very pretty comic strips drawn and engraved by Sébastien Le Clerc and two beautiful historiated letters. No copies appear to have gone on sale in the last 20 years. Tchémerzine mentions only one copy in calfskin sold at the Escoffier sale on May 18, 1933, a copy on large paper, in calfskin of the time. Slits in the bits and two blunt corners, a few small wormholes in the back. Bookplate removed on the back of the title. Provenance: From Precy, with a manuscript ex-libris of the time on the title.