Chauvet, Jules-Adolphe ; Carmontelle, de

[MACE, René] L'abbé en belle humeur. Bruxelles Gay et Doucé (imp. A. Lefèvre) 1881 Pet. in-8° : 103 pp. (qqs. foxing and marg. dampening on front cover and slight discharge on title, rare spotting). Pale green bradel percaline with corners, marbled paper boards, gilt fleuron and red title-piece on spine, gilt t. (minor detachment at left edge of title-piece, lower corners slightly dulled). Good copy. Edition of 500 copies on hollande, the only paper (num. 273 by hand). Decorated with a bistre-printed title-front on chine, attributed to J.-A. Chauvet. Beautifully printed in an oval frame printed in blue. Curious roman galant (ed. orig.: 1700, under the title "Le prosélite en belle humeur"). Ref. BGL I:4. - Pia 8. - Cp. Kearney, Gay & Doucé, 298 (title compl.: "sur la copie de Cologne, chez Pierre Marteau"). - Not in Perceau. Prov. pharmacist's bookplate. Attached, same place, publisher, date, format and engraver: Gay, Jean (ed.) - Anecdotes piquantes de Bachaumont, Mairobert, etc. pour servir à l'histoire de la société française, à la fin du règne de Louis XV (1762-1774) [...] (Rare and pale russets). Post green half-maroquin, covers cons. (rest. missing without loss of text on 1st cover). Unjustified edition, ex. on hollande. Gr. frontispiece after a drawing by L.-C. de Carmontelle (1761), printed on chine, imprint on title, entablature and lettering. Ref. BGL I:214-215. - Kearney, Gay & Doucé, 205. - Not in Pia, Perceau (2 vols.)