Almanach des Muses Paris, Delalain, 1777 In morocco,... Lot 2

Almanach des Muses Paris, Delalain, 1777 In morocco, very fresh. Choderlos de Laclos, a poet before becoming a novelist, publishes his epistle to the death for the first time. In-12 (134 x 82mm). False title, with the rarely seen calendar. Collation: v, 2-294 pp., 2-4 pp., 1 f. d'errata. Partial content: Parny publishes here Romance (p. 67) and especially Choderlos de Laclos, Officer of the Royal Corps of Artillery, delivers his poem in Alexandrian: Epistle to the Death (p. 49). Illustration: engraved title-frontispiece. Period binding. Red morocco, gilt decoration of a triple fillet framed with a rosette at the corners, long spine gilt and gilt, gilt edges. Provenance: acquired from Lucien Gougy, November 8, 1919 Credits: F. Lachèvre, Bibliographie de l'Almanach des Muses, p. 37 -- L. Versini, "Laclos poet", in L'Éveil des Muses. Poétiques des Lumières et au-delà, Paris, 2016.