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GUIARD DE SERVIGNÉ, Jean-Baptiste] - Le Rhinocéros, poëme en…
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694
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GUIARD DE SERVIGNÉ, Jean-Baptiste] - Le Rhinocéros, poëme en…
See original version (French)
Estimate €100
Voluntary lot
Description
GUIARD DE SERVIGNÉ, Jean-Baptiste] - Le Rhinocéros, poëme en prose divisé en six chants. By Melle. de ***. S. l., 1750, in-8, front, 28, 80 pp. half calf, spine ribbed with gilt thread.
COHEN 466. JONES 105. First edition. Curious frontispiece by Aveline depicting the rhinoceros exhibited by two companions, one of whom has the head of an animal. Adventures of three geniuses who, designated by anagrams - Ganadoumouri = love of gain, Gasmeser = messenger, Tesicuriola = curiosity, kidnap a rhinoceros in Amsterdam and travel through France to "enjoy the fruits of its exhibition. This was an opportunity to make numerous observations on morals, literary practices, the theatre, merchants and so on.
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