[Rarebooks] fa: LE PASSE-TEMS AGREABLE ou NOUVEAUX CHOIX DE BON MOTS 1719 - Two Vols. in One

[Ardwight Chamberlain]

Listed now, auctions ending Sunday, October 11. More details and images can be found at the URL below or by searching for the seller name arch_in_la.

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Ardwight Chamberlain


Le Passe-Tems Agreable, ou Nouveaux Choix de Bon Mots, de Pensees Ingenieuses, de Rencontres Plaisantes, dont une partie n'avoit point encore ete mise au jour, enrichi d'une Elite des plus Vives Gasconnades, qui ne sont point dans le Gasconniana, et de quelques Nouvelles Histoires Galantes, le tout avec des Reflexions. Nouvelle Edition augmentee de plus de double. Rotterdam: Jean Hofhout, [n.d. but 1718?]. Two volumes in one; small 8vo (17 cm) in early/period full calf; [10], 228 pp.; [2], 216 pp.

Uncommon early 18th-century collection of bon-mots, humorous tales, verses, jests, epigrams, etc. Lacking the frontispiece, if called for. Spine a trifle rubbed, lacking the spine label; light toning and spotting to the title-pages, second title-page loosening but secure, ink stain to one title-page, otherwise quite clean and fresh.