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COTOLENDI, Charles] - Saint Evremoniana, or Collection of va…
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664
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COTOLENDI, Charles] - Saint Evremoniana, or Collection of va…
See original version (French)
Estimate €100
Voluntary lot
Description
COTOLENDI, Charles] - Saint Evremoniana, or Collection of various curious pieces. Avec des pensées judicieuses, de beaux traits d'histoires, et des remarques très-utiles de Monsieur de Saint-Evremond. Luxembourg, André Chevalier, 1702. In-12, (8) ff, 304 pp, (14) ff, contemporary ivory vellum with some dusting.
SAUVY (Livres saisis) 1086 (Paris, Michel Brunet, 1700) Second edition. Apocryphal. These are statements attributed to Saint-Evremond, which no one was fooled by. Important chapter on the life of Parisians (pp. 263-295): hotels, food, bridges, women, rummage dealers, language, house rents, merchants, wine, theatres, charlatans, gamblers, lackeys, doctors, alchemists, booksellers, cooks, chocolate, coffee, tea, fashion, and so on. A small measure is worth more in Paris than a barrel in the country''. Portraits of Cardinal de Retz and Mazarin. Notes on painting and painters, including Le Brun (pp. 197-211), etc.
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