MAYEUR DE SAINT-PAUL, François-Marie. Le Chroniqueur désoeuv - Lot 86

MAYEUR DE SAINT-PAUL, François-Marie. Le Chroniqueur désoeuvré, ou L'Espion du boulevard du Temple. Contenant les annales scandaleuses et véridiques des directeurs, acteurs et saltimbanques du Boulevard, avec un résumé de leur vie & mœurs par ordres chronologiques. Published in London, without publisher's name, in 1782. In twelve / In-12 format, bradel. Half mahogany cloth with corners. Smooth spine decorated with double gilt fillets and fleuron, gilt title on black leather, gilt date on tail. Later binding. 176 pages, headbands, lettering and endpapers. Covers and corners slightly rubbed. Paper a little browned. Second edition, published without author's name, of this "collection of historiettes, often defamatory, about the comedians applauded under Louis XVI, in the Boulevard theaters" (Pia). Bookplate of Georges Jal on title page, handwritten bookplate on title page. A pleasant, well-preserved copy.