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718 - Le colporteur, Histoire morale et critique [.
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Estimate €150 - €200
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Le colporteur, Histoire morale et critique [...]. In-12: [2]-224 pp. (rare and slight foxing). - First edition of this scandalous work, teeming with scabrous anecdotes, the best known by the author, who took refuge in Holland where he died suddenly - poisoned according to some - shortly after publication, on 26 June 1762. A well-established copy by Belz-Niédrée. - Ref Conlon 62:713. - Cioranescu 19477 (dates the 1761 edition). - STCN. - Prov. Lépine (ms. mention on false title). - Bound with, same author, address and publisher, in original ed. (some foxing): 1. Almanach des gens d'esprit, par un homme qui n'est pas sot [...] publié par l'auteur du Colporteur. 1762. 1762 (Rouss.). - 2 La vie du fameux père Norbert, ex-capucin, known today as l'abbé Platel [...]. 1763 (marg. tear without loss on f. G2). Ref. Conlon 62:710 (1), 62:715 (2). - Cioranescu 19481 (1), 19491 (2). - STCN (3).
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About the sale Prints & Drawings, Photographs & Comics, Rare Books, Atlases & Manuscripts, Surrealism, Congo, Erotica & Ballets russes
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Auction time 06/25/2026 at 1:00 PM
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