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467 - L'abbé en belle humeur. Pet. in-8° : 103 pp.
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Estimate €120 - €150

Description

L'abbé en belle humeur. Pet. in-8° : 103 pp. (some faint foxing and marg. spotting to front and slight discharge on title, rare spotting). - Edition of 500 copies on hollande, the only paper (num. 273 by hand). Adorned with a title-front. in bistre on chine, attributed to J.-A. Chauvet. Beautifully printed in an oval frame printed in blue. Curious gallant novel (original ed.: 1700, under the title "Le prosélite en belle humeur"). - Ref. BGL I:4. - Pia 8. - Cp. Kearney, Gay & Doucé, 298 (title compl.: "sur la copie de Cologne, chez Pierre Marteau"). - Not in Perceau. - Prov. pharmacist's bookplate. - Joint, same place, publishers, date, format and engraver: Gay, Jean (ed.) - Anecdotes piquantes de Bachaumont, Mairobert, etc. pour servir à l'histoire de la société française, à la fin du règne de Louis XV (1762-1774) [...] (Rare and faint russets). Post green half morocco, covers on boards (rest. missing without loss of text on 1st cover). Unjustified edition, ex. on hollande. Gr. frontispiece after a drawing by L.-C. de Carmontelle (1761), printed on chine, imprint to title, headband and initials. Ref. BGL I:214-215. - Kearney, Gay & Doucé, 205. - Not in Pia, Perceau (2 vols.)

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467 - L'abbé en belle humeur. Pet. in-8° : 103 pp. See original version (French)

467 - L'abbé en belle humeur. Pet. in-8° : 103 pp.
See original version (French)