ADOLPHUS - LAURENT - PERNIN DES CHAVANETTES - History of mod - Lot 1

ADOLPHUS - LAURENT - PERNIN DES CHAVANETTES - History of modern devils. Suivi de Examen du catéchisme de l'honête-homme ou dialogue entre un caloyer et un homme de bien. Followed by Histoire politique du mariage de son Altesse Royale Monseigneur l'Archiduc Joseph. London, Bruxelles, Au dépens de la Société Grégorienne, Chez Babuty, 1763; in-8, 222 + 182 + 100 pp. full calf contemporary binding, 5-rib ornate spine, edges painted red, red morocco title-piece, inscribed on the first plate Pierot, chirurgien. The Adolphus text is in its original edition. The second text is certainly also in first edition. The third text has no place of printing, nor publisher; it was published in 1761 with an epistle to the Prince of Salm.