[CHOUDARD-DESFORGES (J.B.)]. THE POET OR... - Lot 59 - De Baecque et Associés

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[CHOUDARD-DESFORGES (J.B.)]. THE POET OR... - Lot 59 - De Baecque et Associés
[CHOUDARD-DESFORGES (J.B.)]. THE POET OR MEMOIRS OF A MAN OF LETTERS. Hambourg, (Paris), chez les principaux libraires, 1798. 4 volumes in-12 of [2]-15-313 ; [4]-385 ; [4]-365 ; [4]-434 pages, half blue morocco with corners, spine with very ornate nerves, gilt t. (19th century binding). Rare first edition of a book whose "details would make a prostitute blush if she were forced to support the reading with very tough love situations. Like a bottle which, under an insignificant label, hides a most dangerous poison, the poet conceals in his four volumes all that the libertinism of the Directory gave birth to of perfidious and refined" (Gay III, 801). UNIQUE EDITION illustrated with 4 figures by Chaillou, with 6 original drawings signed by Jules Adolphe Chauvet (1828-1905), 4 by the engraver and 9 proofs of these engravings. Also bound in the first volume, a very interesting autograph letter dated Saint Port on June 29, 1789, signed by Desforges and addressed to Monsieur Marmontel, permanent secretary of the Académie Française. Light marks on the boards, rare foxing, the copy is well bound.
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