Books and Manuscripts · Lot 2810
(Bourdon de Sigrais, C.-G.).
Histoire des rats, pour servir à l'histoire universelle. "A Ratopolis" [= Paris], n.publ., 1737, 1st ed., (4),XVI,140,(13)p., engr. frontisp., woodcut title-vignette, later burgundy hmor. w. git spine.
- Lot
- 2810
- Auction
- Auction 85, 23-27 Nov 2026
- Section
- OLD and RARE BOOKS
- Estimate
- €100 – €150
- Photos
- 1 photo
Condition
Lacks 1 plate; htitle lower corner restored and cut sl. short in lower margin; closed tear in lower outer margin of title-p.; occas. sl. foxed; later annot. in pen on first blank identifying the binder as Claessens.
Notes
Cohen/ De Ricci p.954; Cioranescu 13529; Gay/ Lemonnyer II, p.546; Barbier II, p.764; Weller II, p.101 (all on this edition). Written in the form of 8 letters, the author (1715-1791) uses the role of the rat through all ages, in legend, literature, sciences etc. as a vehicle for his satire on his contemporaries.
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