Lot n° 148
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: 150EUR
[THÉVENEAU DE LA MORANDE (Charles). Le Gazetier cuirassé, ou - Lot 148
[THÉVENEAU DE LA MORANDE (Charles). Le Gazetier cuirassé, ou Anecdotes scandaleuses de la cour de France. Printed a hundred leagues from the Bastille, under the Liberty sign, 1785. In-12, marbled basane, smooth spine decorated with double gilt fillets, red title page, red edges (period binding).
This famous allegorical, satirical and licentious pamphlet, written by Théveneau de La Morande (1741-1805), a formidable libellist exiled to London, made Louis XVI, his entourage and the Court tremble.
Decorated with a curious copper-engraved frontispiece depicting the cuirassed gazetier firing red balls, and a fold-out plan of the Bastille.
Old handwritten bookplate at the bottom of the title: M. B. Gaultier. Label of the Raymond Clavreuil bookshop.
Frontispiece legend slightly cut at foot.
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