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CAILLOT - DUVAL:
The Hoaxes of Caillot Duval, with a selection of his most astonishing letters followed by the replies from his victims.
Introduction and notes by Lorédan Larchey. Etching by Faustin Besson.
Paris. Published by René Pincebourde, 1864.
In-12°. Half-bound with red morocco corners. Gilded title.
Limited edition, number unspecified.
Enclosed are three large autograph letters in-4°, running to several pages, of a hoaxing nature.
Caillot-Duval is the collective pseudonym used by Pierre-Marie-Louis de Boisgelin de Kerdu and Alphonse-Toussaint-Joseph-André-Marie-Marseille de Fortia de Piles to sign the epistolary hoaxes they wrote and sent from 1784 onwards, before publishing them along with the replies in 1795, under the title *Philosophical Correspondence of Caillot-Duval (stationed at Nancy)*, compiled from the original documents and published by a society of Lorrain writers; the text and review were undoubtedly written by Grimod de La Reynière.
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