CULANT (René Alexandre de). Morale enjouée, or... Lot 40

CULANT (René Alexandre de). Morale enjouée, or Collection of fables, tales, epigrams, fugitive pieces and various thoughts. Second edition. In Cologne, by Pierre Marteau, 1783. In-8, 266 p., [3] f. (table), contemporary blond calf, smooth and decorated spine, garnet morocco title-piece, double gilt fillet on the boards, fillet on the edges, interior roulette, gilt edges (one corner dulled, a few scuffs on the boards, tear in the margin on p.243, a few small light spots). Amusing collection of pieces composed by the Marquis de Culant (1718-1788), a military man who was master of the dragoons. Following the Morale enjouée, one finds bound : - Opinion d'un mandarin, ou Discours sur la nature de l'âme. In Cologne, s.n., and is in Paris at the Merchants, 1784, 36 p. - Discours sur la manière de combattre de la cavalerie contre l'infanterie. Se trouve à Paris chez les Libraires, 1785, [1] f., 25 p., 2 pl. dépl. gravées sur cuivre. - Démonstration de la commensurabilité de la diagonale Cologne, and found in Paris, 1786. 8 p., 3 engraved plates. - Ode sur la mort du prince Maximilien-Jules-Léopold de Brunswick A Paris, chez les Marchands de nouveautés, 1786. 12 p. Some old handwritten corrections in the text.