Le Courrier [d'Avignon]

[Avignon] : [Charles Giroud] 1735. 4to (approx. 10.25" x 7"). 104 numbered, bi-weekly issues (4 Jan. 1735-30 Dec. 1735), each [4] pp. except for No. 1 (8pp. plus 2pp. "Au Public" announcement). Each issue with woodcut factotum initial. Occasional errors in numeration, a few manuscript corrections. Bound in contemporary parchment over thin boards, spine label bordered and lettered in gilt, plain endpapers. Covers show general rubbing, soiling, and minor chipping at extremities, rfep removed; occasional toning and staining to issues, most with horizonal creases (causing minor losses to nos. LXXIX-LXXX, LXXXVII-LXXXVIII). The full-year run for 1735 of this bi-weekly journal of European politics, history, and literature. Le Courrier was published continuously in some form from 1733-93, with an initial planned circulation of approximately 1300. Sgard, Dictionnaire des journaux (1600-1789) 261 (Inventory #: 39765)