CHEVRIER, François-Antoine, dit de Chevrier (1721-1762) - photo 1
CHEVRIER, François-Antoine, dit de Chevrier (1721-1762) - photo 2

CHEVRIER, François-Antoine, dit de Chevrier (1721-1762)

Lot 8
10.05.2021 11:00UTC +01:00
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€ 800
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationFrance, Paris
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ID 542240
Lot 8 | CHEVRIER, François-Antoine, dit de Chevrier (1721-1762)
Estimate value
€ 800 – 1 200
CHEVRIER, François-Antoine, dit de Chevrier (1721-1762). Le Colporteur ; histoire morale et critique [Relié avec, du même:] La Vie du fameux Père Norbert, ex-Capucin, connû aujourd'hui sous le nom de l'abbé Platel [Et, du même:] Almanach des gens d'esprit, par un homme qui n'est pas sot. Calendrier pour l'année 1762 & le reste de la vie. Londres: Jean Nourse [Bruxelles], 1762.

Superbe recueil, dans une très élégante reliure à la grotesque de Padeloup, provenant de la bibliothèque Pixérécourt. L'exemplaire réunit trois publications de l'un des libellistes les plus fameux de son temps, dont la plume acide fit scandale toute sa vie durant. Le Colporteur, qui dresse un portrait sans fard des petitesses et des travers de ses contemporains,est l'ouvrage de Chevrier le plus célèbre -son retentissement fut tel que seule sa mort, dans des circonstances étranges, empêcha le gouvernement français de le faire extrader de Hollande, où il s'était réfugié. Brunet, I, col. 1841-1842 (à propos de Chevrier) ; Gillet, «Notice historique et bibliographique sur Chevrier» in Mémoires de l'Académie de Stanislas, 1863, pp. 135-313 ; Lacombe, Bibliographie parisienne, n°163.

3 ouvrages en 1 vol. in-12 (165 x 96 mm). Éditions originales, chacune avec sa propre page de titre (rousseurs aux 2 premiers cahiers de l'Almanach). Reliure de l'époque en maroquin rouge, attribuée à Padeloup dans le catalogue Pixérécourt, triple filet doré en encadrement sur les plats, dos lisse richment orné à la grotesque, pièce de titre en maroquin citron, gardes de papier marbré, tranches dorées. Provenance : ex-libris de René-Charles Guilbert de Pixerécourt (1773-1844) ; catalogue, 1838, n° 1590.

Reunion of three first editions of these famous satyrical publications, beautifully bound by Padeloup, from the Pixérécourt library.

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