CHEVRIER, François-Antoine. The Peddler, a moral and critica - Lot 242

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CHEVRIER, François-Antoine. The Peddler, a moral and critica - Lot 242
CHEVRIER, François-Antoine. The Peddler, a moral and critical history. London, Jean Nourse, L'an de la Vérité, [Brussels, 1761]. In-12 of 224 pp. Marbled fawn basane, smooth spine with flowers, tan morocco t.p., cold fillet on the boards, gilt fillet on the edges (Binding of the period). Le Colporteur "is filled with disgusting atrocities, and yet with rather happy projections; it is an awful satyr of the morals of the century" (Peignot, Dictionnaire critique, littéraire et bibliographique des principaux livres condamnés au feu, supprimés ou censurés, I, 78). A copy of the book has been rebacked.
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