CHEVRIER (F.A.). The Peddler, a moral and critical history. - Lot 137

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CHEVRIER (F.A.). The Peddler, a moral and critical history. - Lot 137
CHEVRIER (F.A.). The Peddler, a moral and critical history. London, Jean Nourse, London, chez Jean Nourse, l'an de la Vérité, (1753). In-12 of 220 pages, marbled calf, arms in the center of the boards, gilt lace, spine decorated with gilt monograms (period binding). "The Peddler is full of disgusting atrocities, and yet of rather happy projections; it is a dreadful satyr of the morals of the century" (Peignot, Dictionnaire des principaux livres condamnés au feu, supprimés ou censurés, I, 78). There are 7 different editions of this satirical book, which was the object of police prosecution in France. Hinges redone. (Gay, I, 619) Provenance : Copy with the arms of Manuel Pinto de Fonseca (1741-1773), grand master of the Order of Malta.
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