Live auction - Lot 1141
[Erotica]
Histoire et Vie de Madame la comtesse Du Barry.
Paris, Au Pont-aux-dames, 1775
€ 100 / 120
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Lot description
8vo: [2]-72-[2] pp. (bottom of flyleaves torn, age-toned, dampstained).
Contemp. blue paper wrappers.
First editon of this anonymously published satirical account of the life of Mme du Barry, the infamous mistress of Louis XV. Woodcut printer's mark on title.
Ref. BGL II:563.
Joined: Les Muses du Foyer de l'opéra [...]. [Paris], Caffé du Caveau, 1783. 8vo: 196 pp. (some min. ink stains). Mod. paper wrapper. A selection of poetry, songs and stories popular in the Parisian salons. Ref. BGL III:303. - BnF. (2 vol.)
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