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TOUSSAINT, François-Vincent (1715-1772)

Lot 85
21.11.2022 12:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 85 | TOUSSAINT, François-Vincent (1715-1772)
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TOUSSAINT, François-Vincent (1715-1772). Les mœurs. S.l.n.n., 1748.

Exemplaire relié à l'époque en maroquin rouge, enrichi d'une clef manuscrite en fin d'ouvrage. L'épitre dédicatoire est signé du pseudonyme de l'auteur, "Panage". Journaliste et avocat, François-Vincent Toussaint se réfugia à Bruxelles après la condamnation au feu des Moeurs en 1748. Membre de l'Académie de Berlin, il fut également un collaborateur de l'Encyclopédie. René-Charles Guilbert de Pixerécourt était un auteur dramatique, directeur de l'Opéra Comique de 1824 à 1827. Brunet III, col. 1788 ; Graesse IV, p. 558 ; Cioranescu, 62094 ; Grente, Dictionnaire des lettres françaises, le XVIIIe siècle, p. 1284.

In-4 (246 x 188 mm), 3 parties en 1 vol. Édition originale. Exemplaire enrichi d'une clef manuscrite en fin d'ouvrage, 2 pp. manuscrites sur 1 feuillet à l'encre brune. Frontispice, vignettes et bandeaux gravés. Reliure de l'époque : maroquin rouge, triple filet doré en encadrement, dos à nerfs compartimenté orné de petits fers dorés, pièce de titre en maroquin citron, dentelle intérieure dorée, tranches dorées. Brunet cite plusieurs exemplaires "tirés sur papier in-4 et reliés en maroquin rouge", dont l'exemplaire de Pixerécourt.

Provenance : Louis-César de La Baume Le Blanc, duc de La Vallière (1708-1780 ; son catalogue, 1783, n°1299) -- René-Charles Guilbert de Pixerécourt (1773-1844, ex-libris; sa vente, 1839, lot 191 : "exemplaire de La Vallière, avec la clef manuscrite").

Copy in a contemporary red-morocco binding.
Place of origin:France
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