Evenings in the Bois de Boulogne or French and English News
The Hague, Jean Neaulme, 1742
CAYLUS "GENTILHOMME UNIVERSEL".
A SUPERB COPY, WITH LARGE MARGINS, BOUND IN CONTEMPORARY MOROCCO.
FORMER COLLECTIONS OF JOHN WODEHOUSE AND CHARLES VAN DER ELST
ORIGINAL EDITION 2 volumes in-12 (170 x 97 mm). Woodcut fleurons on the title pages, an initial, and the endpapers.
COLLATION: (vol. 1): ã4 A-M12 N4: viii-295 pp.; (vol. 2): π2 A8 B-N12 O6 (I3 mis-signed I5; without blank O6): (2) ff., 311 pp.
CONTENTS: (vol. 1): ã1r: title, ã2r: epistle, A1r: text; (vol. 2): π1r: faux-title, π2r: title, A1r: text
BINDINGS OF THE PERIOD. Red morocco, gilt decoration, triple fillet in frame, long spine decorated, gilt edges
PROVENANCE: Guillaume-Luc Bailly (1743-1809; characteristic annotation at bottom of last endpaper) -- John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley (1826-1902; bookplate with motto "Frapes fort") -- L. S. Forrer (London numismatic bookseller; bookshop label on second flyleaf) -- Charles Van der Elst (1904-1982; bookplate)
RARE: mostly very modestly bound
Vol. 1 marginal tear without missing at ã2, marginal missing at N4; vol. 2: marginal lack at G2. Slight marks on the morocco
John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley (1826-1902), British Liberal politician, served in all Liberal governments from 1852 to 1895, including as Secretary of State for the Colonies and Foreign Secretary. Charles Van der Elst (1904-1982) was president of the Royal Society of Bibliophiles and Iconophiles of Belgium.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Gay, III, col. 1123 -- M. Fumaroli, Le comte de Caylus et Edme Bouchardon. Deux réformateurs du goût sous Louis XV, Paris, 2016
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