J.C. MORTIER
A bas tous les jeux
[Down with all games]
Chez Pelletié|Paris s. d. [1803-1804]|12.7 x 19.8 cm|Broché
Different issue from the one dated An XI (1803), which itself is not firmly established as the true first edition (cf. Monglond VI 139–140; Quérard VI 326).
The work is illustrated with an etched frontispiece entitled « Frémissez ! voilà du joueur le sort inévitable !! » depicting a gambler blowing his brains out in a gaming room, amid general indifference.
Our copy is preserved in its original publisher’s wrappers, with a blank marbled paper provisional cover showing small losses at the corners.
A pleasing copy.
€800