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491 - [CARON, Pierre Siméon] The Consoling Cuckold. (Because We Need It). An Old Joke. No place, no publisher. The Year of Cuckoldry 5789 [1789] [= 19th century]. In-12 (no page numbers). Red half-maroquin from the publisher, marbled paper covers, spine decorated with gilt raised bands (corners slightly worn). Illustrated with 1 frontispiece bearing the caption “Yes, I think it is sweeter to be cuckolded than to be jealous.” Ref. Bibliographie jaune, p. 41 (“hilarious piece”). Bound with: 1. Sermon for the Consolation of Cuckolds […]. “In Cocupole, J. Coucou, 1752 [= 19th cent.]”. - 2. The Order of Chaps, newly reformed and established in Paris [...]. Paris, widow of du Carroy, 1870. Limited edition of 150 numbered copies (No. 14).
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[CARON, Pierre Siméon] The Consoling Cuckold. (Because We Need It). An Old Joke. No place, no publisher. The Year of Cuckoldry 5789 [1789] [= 19th century]. In-12 (no page numbers). Red half-maroquin from the publisher, marbled paper covers, spine decorated with gilt raised bands (corners slightly worn). Illustrated with 1 frontispiece bearing the caption “Yes, I think it is sweeter to be cuckolded than to be jealous.” Ref. Bibliographie jaune, p. 41 (“hilarious piece”). Bound with: 1. Sermon for the Consolation of Cuckolds […]. “In Cocupole, J. Coucou, 1752 [= 19th cent.]”. - 2. The Order of Chaps, newly reformed and established in Paris [...]. Paris, widow of du Carroy, 1870. Limited edition of 150 numbered copies (No. 14).
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