(François-Augustin Paradis de MONCRIF) (Claude-Prosper Jolyot de CRÉBILLON)
Les Étrennes de la St Jean"The St. John's Day Gifts"
Chez la Veuve Oudot|Troyes 1742|9.6 x 15.9 cm|Relié
Second edition, partly original, notably augmented with several additional pieces, complete with the caricature woodcut portrait of the widow Oudot as frontispiece, printed in green, as is the title. According to Barbier, the burlesque portrait was engraved by one of the authors, the comte de Caylus himself.
Contemporary full mottled brown calf, smooth spine richly gilt with fleurons, palms and scrollwork, brown-red morocco lettering-piece, triple gilt fillet bordering the boards with fleurons at corners, gilt
€1,200