Books and Manuscripts · Lotto 3119
[Bookshaped boxes]. Bookshaped mottled calf box,
hinging at upper joint, 18th cent. richly gilt mottled calf w. gilt coat of arms of LOUIS-CÉSAR DE CRÉMEAUX D'ENTRAGUES within gilt floral/ vegetal borders around sides on both covers, richly gilt spine w. 6 raised bands and 2 red mor. letterpieces, large 4to.
- Lotto
- 3119
- Sezione
- OLD and RARE BOOKS
- Stima
- 70 € – 90 €
- Aggiudicato
- 140 €
- Foto
- 2 foto
Condizioni
Calf worn/ dam. along extremities; gilding occas. sl. worn.
Note
On the coat of arms: Guigard p.166. Louis-César de Crémaux, marquis of Entragues (1689-1747) served as gouvernor of Mâcon and lieutenant-general of the King. His sexual preferences led him to retain various young (male and female) servants and prostitutes in his Paris residence; he was arrested for sodomy in a sting operation in 1724 (see J. MERRICK, Sodomy in eighteenth-century France (2020), p.147).