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451 - Margot la Ravaudeuse, by Mr. de M**.
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Estimate €250 - €350

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Margot la Ravaudeuse, by Mr. de M**. In-8°: [4]-160 pp. ; 1 h.-t. (rare spotting and foxing). - First edition, post-dated, decorated with a frontispiece drawn and copper-engraved by C.F. Fritsch, depicting Margot in her barrel. - Pia ref. 878. - Dutel A-676 - Prov. Gos (old ms. mention in title). - Joint: 1 [Mercier de Compiègne, Claude] - Les veillées du couvent, ou Le noviciat d'amour, poème éroti-satyrique ; en prose & en cinq livres [...]. Second edition, revised, corrected and decorated with two engravings. Paris, C. Mercier & Gisrouard, 1793. In-12: 141-[3] p. (spotting on title, some russeting, especially on margins). 19th c. blue paper boards (rubbed). Edition not listed, decorated with 2 h.-t. gr. on copper including the front. (Dutel cites a "second edition", same publishers, date and format, but with 113 pp. and the frontispiece only). Ref. Cp. Pia 1485, Dutel A-1145. - 2. la jarretière, translated from the German [...]. Amsterdam & Paris, Dufour, 1769. In-12 (inc. of front and last f., russ.). Beige half-chagrin with corners 19th c. Prov. Victor Foucher (ex-libris engraved with arms and motto "Per ardua gradior"). (3 vols.) -

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451 - Margot la Ravaudeuse, by Mr. de M**. See original version (French)

451 - Margot la Ravaudeuse, by Mr. de M**.
See original version (French)