261 - Vade, Jean Joseph. *Oeuvres poissardes … suivies de celles de L'Ecluse*. Paris, Defer de Maisonneuve, 1796. A copy bound in sheepskin, one of the first 100 copies of this fine Didot edition

Vade, Jean Joseph. *Oeuvres poissardes … suivies de celles de L'Ecluse*. Paris, Defer de Maisonneuve, 1796. A copy bound in sheepskin, one of the first 100 copies of this fine Didot edition Vade, Jean Joseph. Oeuvres poissardes … suivies de celles de L'Ecluse. Paris, Defer de Maisonneuve, 1796. Folio (365 x 275 mm); [2], 6, 167, [1] pages. On heavy paper, with 3 of the 4 “avant la lettre” engravings (halo on the first two sheets, sporadic and marginal foxing.) Original publisher’s binding in lined cardboard, smooth spine with a red label bearing the title in gold, marbled paper endpapers (worn hinges, minor losses). A first-edition copy of this work, printed in a limited run of only 300 copies and embellished with four splendid illustrations drawn by Monsiau, engraved by Clément, and colored using the tampon technique, depicting popular late-18th-century scenes of banquets and taverns. The “poissardes” poems by Jean-Joseph Vadé (1720–1757) are followed by various works by Louis de Thillay, known as L’Écluse (1711–1792), an actor, dentist to the King of Poland, and poet of the people. The term “poissard” refers to the fishmongers of the Les Halles market. Cohen-de Ricci 1005; Sander, 1945. Fine Didot edition with uncut edges, one of the 100 special copies on thick paper