Rémy DELAUNEY
Histoire d'un pou françois ; ou l'espion d'une nouvelle espece, tant en France qu'en Angleterre. Contenant les portraits des personnages interessans dans ces deux royaumes, & donnant la clef des principaux evénemens de l'an 1779, & de ceux qui doivent arriver en 1780
De l' Imprimerie Royale|à Paris 1781|14 x 22 cm|relié
First edition.
Full vellum binding with flaps, reused circa 1920. Smooth spine. Title calligraphed in red and black. Manuscript writing on covers, probably late 18th century. Bound on uncut wrappers, as issued. Worming to title page.
Autobiographical memoirs of a louse, which passing from head to head, embellishing its confessions with philosophical reflections, finds itself on the queen's head, then on that of Benjamin Franklin. It is essentially a political satire of affairs between France and the United States, featuring fictional dialogues, notably between the Minister of the Navy and Benjamin Franklin. It reveals a grand project consisting of seizing England to share it bet
€350