1775. Année galante ou Etrenne a l'amour. Contes ! Enrichis de figures et d'ariettes. [Bruxelles Vital Puissant ? 1876] Pet. in-8°: 41 ff. ± 15.3 x 9 cm, printed on chine laid down on heavy cream vellum, 26.4 x 19 cm (slightly warped mounts, small wet spot on verso of one). On ff. in a muted jacket of the same vellum (small stain at head of 2nd cover) and mod. cardboard portfolio, 2 beige cloth cords. A rare and luxurious fully engraved reprint of the original edition (Paris, 1773, not 1775), printed on one side only, adorned with a title-front and 12 free mid-page engravings, one for each month, each accompanied by a couplet. An unjustified but probably very limited edition, one of the few to be enhanced with watercolors (an uncolored edition was also offered). Ref. BGL I:227. - Dutel A-82. - Cp. Pia 65, Nordmann I:19 (original ed.).

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