1680 · “Cologne,”
by COURT SATIRE
“Cologne,”, 1680. Small 12mo (121 x 70 mm). 48 pp. Woodcut title ornament. Small stain to lower fore-edge of title-leaf. 19th-century jansenist green morocco, turn-ins gilt, gilt edges (by Duru, binder’s stamp erased from front flyleaf), extremities scuffed, spotting to binder’s flyleaves. Provenance: Armand Bertin (1801-1854), sale, Paris, Techener, 4 May 1854, lot 575; Félix Solar (1811-1870), sale, Paris, Techener, part 1, 19 Nov. 1860, lot 2039). ***
Rare expanded edition of a Mazarinade, probably printed in Holland, containing dialogues defining the court as a pit of corruption. In the first piece, the “Questions de la cour,” the unknown (truncated)
Rare expanded edition of a Mazarinade, probably printed in Holland, containing dialogues defining the court as a pit of corruption. In the first piece, the “Questions de la cour,” the unknown (truncated)