Charles DU FRESNY SIEUR DE LA RIVIERE
Amusemens serieux et comiques
Chez Estienne Rogier|à Amsterdam 1705|8 x 15 cm|relié
Second edition, rare, after the first edition published in 1698 by Barbin.
Contemporary full brown sheep binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Head worn. Rubbing. Foxing.
The work belongs to no defined genre; in a very free manner, a Siamese tells anecdotes which he mixes with maxims on various subjects: The palace, the court, the public, the Bois de Boulogne, the opera... These satirical considerations of Parisian society, pell-mell, do not possess a continuous narrative; the work would pave the way for Montesquieu's Persian Letters. It is one of its principal sources.
€550