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144 - POETRY. 3 volumes:
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POETRY. 3 volumes: - [DU LAURENS (Abbé Henri-Joseph)] (1719–1797). *Le Balai*, a heroic-comic poem in 18 cantos. [Amsterdam?], 1774, in-8, XX pp. including half-title and title page – 192 pp. Contemporary fawn half-basane, ribbed spine, title label, gilt fillets, marbled edges. - Simple binding. A small worm-eaten area in the upper margin, a few pinholes or brown spots, fragile inner hinges. A highly licentious tale. It is an interpretation of the use of what is known as the ‘handle’ of the broom! - [18th-century poetry: two works in one volume] - BERNARD (P.-J.) and Anne-Marie DUBOCAGE. BERNARD (P.-J., known as Gentil...). *The Art of Love*, and *Miscellaneous Poems*... Amsterdam, Aureliad, 1775; 176 pp. [DUBOCAGE (Mme Anne-Marie Lepage)]. *Le Paradis terrestre*, a poem modelled on Milton, by Madame D. B***. London, 1760; 2ff.–112pp.– portrait & frontispiece, title vignette & 6 headpieces. – (Quérard II, p. 598). Short title margin, slight water-stain and foxing on a few leaves. Undated, 8vo. Bound in one volume in mottled fawn sheepskin, smooth decorated spine, red edges. – Inner hinges slightly open. – MICHAUD (Joseph). *Le Printemps d’un proscrit*, followed by several letters to Mr Delille on pity. Fourth corrected and expanded edition. Paris, Giguet & Michaud, 1804, 8vo, 261 pp. – Frontispiece. Light-coloured, grained sheepskin, smooth spine decorated with small gilt irons and palmettes, title label, red edges. (Contemporary binding). - Well bound. 3 engravings missing.
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Auction time 10/29/2026 at 11:00 AM
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