Les Amusemens Des Dames De B***..
In recent brown wrappers, reproducing title page. All edges marbled. A little foxing and title page browned at edges, but otherwise a very good copy.
£100.00
Publisher
Chez Pierre le Vrai, ä la Tête d' Or, Place de la Pucelle d' Orlêans, près le Mont-Orgueil, vis--à -vis la petite ruë de l' Etiquette.,
Place
A Rouen [Brussels]
Date
[1762].
Synopsis
Histoire honnéte. et presque edifiante. composée par feu le chevalier de ch*****. et publiée par l'auteur du colporteur. premiere partie.
[second part:] les trois c. conte metaphysique, imitÊ de l' espagnol, et ajusté pour la commodité de ceux qui n' entendent pas le flamand. par l' auteur du colporteur, seconde partie des amusemens des dames de b***. (a nanci, chez henri gouvest, à l' enseigne du capucin, près la place de l' alliance.
Item Description
Small 8vo. 4.25 x 6.25 inches. 231 pp. Second part has separate title page with different imprint, but pagination and register are continuous.
Illustrations
Decorated by title page, head and tailpiece vignettes and by initials.
Notes
A work of fiction, using the format of epistles in the second part, by the French satirist, François-Antoine Chevrier (1721-62), born in Nancy. He exiled himself to Holland before publishing his most famous work, the scandalous novel, Le Colporteur and died in Rotterdam, as the French government was seeking his extradition. This copy includes two out of the three parts.
[Stock No. 24055]
