1747 · Paris
by MARIONETTES — [L’AFFICHARD, Thomas (1698-1753)]
Paris: “chés tout le monde, à la Folie, 1747. 12mo (156 x 86 mm). Engraved frontispiece and engraved title, 179, [1 blank] pp Woodcut tailpiece, type-ornament headpiece and passe-partout initial. Occasional dropped letters apparently from uneven inking; one word printed upside down and with letters out of order (!, p. 113). (Minor discoloration and dust-soiling, occasional marginal dampstain.) Contemporary speckled sheep, sides blind-paneled, spine gold-tooled in compartments with red morocco gilt lettering-piece, board edges gold-tooled, edges stained red, marbled endpapers, green ribbon marker (joints abraded).***
First edition of a rare (truncated)
First edition of a rare (truncated)