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23 - [CURIOSA]. MOURIAU DE MEULENACKER (Pierre). Essay on the bib…
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[CURIOSA]. MOURIAU DE MEULENACKER (Pierre). Essay on the bibliography of the various editions of Acajou et Zirphile by Charles Pinot Duclos. Extraordinary collection of works on Acajou et Zirphile, a licentious tale by Duclos, owned and used by Pierre Mouriau for his reference bibliography on the subject. sl., offprint from the review "Le livre & l'estampe, LIX, 2013, n°180. In-4, half green box, boards covered with marbled paper, covers preserved. 173pp, numerous black and white photographic reproductions. Pierre Mouriau de Meulenacker (1932-2025) was one of the leading figures of Belgian bibliophiles of the last century, specialising in 18th-century French literature. A member of the "Société royale des bibliophiles et des iconophiles de Belgique", he was also the founder of the "Groupe d'études lignistes" and a specialist in eighteenth-century publishing. He himself published numerous studies, notably on typographical ornamentation, and donated several of his collections to public institutions: the collection relating to the Prince de Ligne was bequeathed to the Moretus Plantin University Library, and the collection relating to Madame de Graffigny was bequeathed to the Chateau of Lunéville. This is his "Mahogany and Zirphile" collection. Notes on "Mahogany and Zirphile": In 1740, Count Carl Gustaf de Tessin, the Swedish ambassador to France, wrote a rather insipid fairy tale for which he commissioned illustrations from François Boucher. Charles Pinot Duclos competed with Caylus, Voisenon and Surgères to write a short story inspired by these ten drawings. His story "Acajou et Zirphile" was judged the best and published with the engravings in 1744, inspiring Charles-Simon Favart that same year to write a comic opera that was destined for great success. Numerous anonymous editions of this tale were published in Paris, London and Geneva; Pierre Mouriau attempted to collect as many as possible and produced the above-mentioned bibliography. Attached to the author's personal copy of this bibliography are 17 works used in its preparation: - Acajou et Zirphile, conte. By Ch. Duclos. [followed by] Les amies rivales. By F.A. de Moncrif. À Paris, chez Maison, an V [1796]. In-12, [2ff.] 172pp. [1f.] ; frontispiece engraving ; full calf, smooth spine decorated with gilt small irons, title page in red marble, red edges, covers framed with gilt hallmarks ; foxing, spotting (early 19th century binding). - Acajou et Zirphile, conte. In Minutie, sn., 1744. In-12, [1f.] 108pp. [1f.]; full basane, title-piece in red marble, spine with 5 bands, decorated with fleurons and roulette, red edges, epidermis and damage to foot-piece (period binding). - Acajou et Zirphile. slnd. [title page missing], 72pp [followed by] Réponse du public à l'auteur d'Acajou. In Minutie, sn., 1744. In-12, 24pp; half aubergine glazed calf, spine with 4 nerves, foxing, restorations (19th century binding). - Acajou et Zirphile, conte. New edition, with the public response to the author of Acajou. In Minutie, 1744. In-12, 115pp. [1f.]; paperback, mute cover with multicoloured glue (later). - Mahogany and Zirphile. By M. Duclos. Paris, sn., 1780. In-12, x - 69pp. [2ff.] ; full calf, green marbled title-piece, smooth spine, gilt edges, covers framed with roulette, spotting (contemporary binding). - Acajou et Zirphile, conte. In Minutie, sn. 1744. In-8, [6ff.] 161pp, 10 engravings out of text [followed by] Acajou, opéra comique. By M. Favart. Paris, Prault, 1744. In-8, 32pp; full green morocco, spine faded, spidered corners, gilt edges (late 19th century binding). - Acajou et Zirphile, conte. In Minutie, 1744. Large in-12, [5ff.] 108pp. [1f.] ; hardback, half basane, buff with corners, 4 ribbed spine, ms. title label on first board (early 19th century binding). - Angola, histoire indienne, followed by Acajou et Zirphile, conte. London, sn., 1781. 2 vol. in-12, [1f.] xxiv - 183pp. ; [3ff.] 219pp. [1f.] ; full calf, spines decorated with gilt small irons, title-pieces in brown marble, boards framed with gilt fillets, edges gilt, rubbing, corners damaged, missing lower head-cap of T.2 (contemporary bindings). - Acajou, opéra-comique en trois actes ; en vaudevilles ; par M. Favart, augmenté de la Musique. slnd. [c. 1744]. Large in-8, 104pp, numerous engraved music plates in-text; grey paper covered boards, blue speckled edges, some spotting (late 19th century binding). - Novella d'Accagio e di Zirfille, tradotta dal francese. In Minuzia, sn., 1744. Large in-12, x - 105pp; half aubergine basane, spine faded, spotting, foxing (19th century binding). - Acajou et Zirphile, conte. In Minutie, sn. 1776. In-8, 60pp [followed by] Réponse du public à l'auteur d'Acajou. In Minutie, sn. 1776. In-8, 21pp [1f.]; paperback, blue dominoté paper cover, handwritten title label, paper loss at tail of spine, not trimmed (contemporary cover). - Acajou et Zirphile, conte. In Minutie, sn., 1744. Small in-4, 55pp; boards covered with marbled cloth (20th century binding). OEuvres morales et galantes de Duclos, de l'Académie Française, suivies de son voyage en Italie [contenant Acajou au T2]. Paris: Des Essarts, 1797. 4 vol. in-8, [2ff.] front. xxxii - 214pp. [1f.] - [2ff.] 232pp. - 2ff.] 349pp. - [2ff.] 235pp. [2ff.] ; 1 frontispiece portrait, full painted basane, spines decorated with gilt small irons, title and tomaison in red and midnight blue marble, foxing (contemporary bindings). - Le Cabinet des Fées, tome trente-cinquième [containing Acajou]. Geneva: Barde, Manget & Cuchet, 1786. In-12, [1f.] xii, 479pp. - 3 engravings out of text; half shagreened basane, smooth spine, title-piece in red and green marble, wormholes, spotting, acc. to upper head, spotted edges (contemporary binding). - Acajou et Zirphile, conte. In Minutie, sn. 1744. Large in-12, [7ff.] 161pp; full painted calf, heavily damaged, split in two parts, etc. (contemporary binding). - Ismène et Ismenias, Greek novel. Paris, sn., 1780. In-12, [3ff.] 115pp [followed by] Acajou et Zirphile, by M. Duclos. Paris, sn. 1780, In-12, [10ff.] 69pp. [1f.] ; full green morocco, spine gilt, title in red marble, gilt edges (contemporary binding). - Angola, histoire indienne, ouvrage sans vraisemblance ; followed by Acajou et Zirphile, conte. At Agra, with privilege of the Great Mogol, 1775. In-8, xvi - 316pp. [1f.] ; half brown chagrin, spine with 4 nerves, spotting, ex-libris Lessac (19th century binding). - Acajou et Zirphile. Paris, éditions Desjonquères, 1993. [edition established by Jean Dagen on the 1744 edition, with engravings] Paperback, 153pp. Provenance: Meulenacker.
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