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July 11, 03:42 PM GMT
Estimate
300 - 500 GBP
Lot Details
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[FINANCE]. Nouvelle Ecole Publique des Finances, ou l’Art de Voler sans Aîles par Toutes les Regions du Monde. Paris: Robert le Ture, 1707
FIRST EDITION, UNCUT COPY. A rare collection of satirical tales about the excesses, especially amatory, of financiers and tax farmers.
12mo (145 x 78 mm). Roman and italic type, 29 lines plus headline. collation: π4 A-L12 M8: 144 leaves. Woodcut printer's device on title-page, title printed in red and black, initials within woodcut borders, woodcut head- and tailpieces, leaves untrimmed. (Slight browning and spotting, some marginal dampstainings, small ink stain to F12-G1 very slightly affecting text, paper flaw to lower corner of L1, burn hole to M6 affecting 4 letters.)
binding: Later half green morocco over marbled boards (149 x 91 mm), spine with 5 bands, 4-line title in second compartment, gilt decoration in other compartments, marbled endpapers. (Binding slightly rubbed at extremities.)
acquisition: Purchased in 1983 from Trebizond Rare Books, New York. references: Goldsmiths 4402
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