Zélomir

Edition published the same year as the original 18mo and by the same publisher, illustrated with 6 figures by Lefèvre before letters, and printed on vellum by P. Didot.
Contemporary full blonde calf binding with tree calf pattern, signed P. Leffèvre. Smooth spine decorated with 5 urn tools and roulettes. Blonde calf title label. Floral border frame doubled with a roulette. Interior roulette and on the edges. Gilt edges. Some rubbing. The tissue guards still present have caused some pale foxing. Spine slightly faded. Handsome copy.
Small adventure novel set in the Middle Ages during the time of the first crusades, in Bellegrade, Hungary; the author begins with a critique of the barbarism of feudal times, which only the virtue and heart of women redeemed from brutality. Notable is the critical vision of history, a post-revolutionary perception of events.