Lot n° 201
Estimation :
50 - 70
EUR
Shows]. [MAYOR OF SAINT PAUL]. The idle chronicler, or the S - Lot 201
Shows]. [MAYOR OF SAINT PAUL]. The idle chronicler, or the Spy of the Boulevard du Temple. Containing the scandalous and true annals of the directors, actors & saltinbanques of the Boulevard, with a summary of their life and morals in chronological order. London, s.n., 1782-1873. 2 volumes in one vol. in-8, 176-103 p., contemporary speckled fawn calf, spine ribbed and decorated, havana title-piece, triple gilt fillet on the covers, gilt scroll on the endpapers, gilt tr. (2 corners dull).
Second edition revised, corrected & enlarged by the author "of a work which will appear incessantly on the great spectacles".
Provenance: P.C.M. de Lonchamp, Burgundy, 18th c. (engraved armorial bookplate).
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