[Rarebooks] FS: Correction: Chevrier. LE COLPORTEUR: HISTOIRE MORALE ET CRITIQUE

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Chevrier, M. de. [Francois Antoine]. LE COLPORTEUR: HISTOIRE MORALE 
ET CRITIQUE. A Londres: Chez Jean Nourse, l'an de la verite [1761]. 
[2], 224 pp. 16mo. Half brown calf over marbled paper-covered boards, 
raised bands, black morocco spine label, gilt-ruled compartments, all 
edges marbled, marbled endpapers (hardback). First edition. Martin, 
Mylne, Frautschi (p.80) 62-11; Desessarts II, p.106; Hoefer, p.284; 
Cioranescu, 19477.

Francois Antoine Chevrier (1720-1762), writer and pamphleteer, was 
often in trouble with the authorities for his scandalous writings 
satirizing the wealthy and influential sometimes with a bit too much 
transparency resulting in the banishment of either himself or his 
work, which was the case with this present volume, Le Colporteur. 
Sometimes erroneously listed as published in 1753, the first edition, 
of which this is a true copy, was published in 1761 (Cornell, which 
also owns a first has a typo in its catalogue, listing the date as 
1716 -before Chevrier's birth- instead of 1761). There were a number 
of copies printed with false imprints, most likely in the Low 
Countries. This copy has the a two color title page, a decorative 
surround, the correct punctuation after Nourse, the double rule 
begins at the proper location, the "an" in the imprint is lower case, 
pagination is correct, and other proper points as found in Gillet. 
Very scarce.

Calf rubbed at spine, binding tight and leaves crisp and clean, 
General de Brigade stamp to title leaf. A very good or better copy. 
$300.00 [25356]

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Charles Kutcher
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