Lot n° 87
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MONCRIF. Works of Moncrif, Member of the French Academy, & o - Lot 87
MONCRIF. Works of Moncrif, Member of the French Academy, & of those of Sciences & Belles-Lettres of Nancy & Berlin. New edition, increased by the History of Cats. Paris, Maradan, 1791.
2 volumes in-8 half tan basane, spines decorated with smooth edges, orange leather title and giblets (period bindings). Portrait of the author engraved in intaglio, added as a frontispiece. No engravings.
The famous "Histoire des Chats", written in a satirical tone, earned its author the nickname of "historiogriffe" from Voltaire.
Expert : Jean-Louis Beauvais
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