Petites misères de la vie conjugale, illustrated by Bertall.
Paris, Chlendowski, s.d. (1845).
Large in-8, half lavaliere long-grained morocco with corners, spine ribbed and decorated with mosaic pastilles in red and green morocco, untrimmed, cream illustrated cover and spine preserved (Mercier sr de Cuzin).
First edition, illustrated with 50 plates out of text and 310 wood-engraved vignettes in the text.
"Book illustrated with spirit by Bertall, whose compositions wonderfully complete a text full of humour. There was only one edition which is very rare" (Carteret, III, p. 48).
From the library of Antoine Vautier (II, 1977, n° 31), with ex-libris.
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