CREBILLON FILS. Le Sopha, moral tale. - Lot 183

CREBILLON FILS. Le Sopha, moral tale. Pirate edition of the famous oriental tale. Gaznah, Imprimerie du très-pieux, très-clément & très-auguste Sultan des Indes, 1120 (1742). 2 volumes in 1 volume in-12, mottled havana basane, spine ribbed and decorated with gilt caissons and fleurons, gilt filleted boards with fleurons at the corners, red edges (pastiche binding). XII, 136 pp, (4) ff, 128 pp. Some foxing and spotting. Pagination errors. Pirated edition of the "second" edition of the famous tale, the first being quoted by Tchémerzine without his having seen it (IV 192-193). A counterfeit copy in view of the title vignettes, printing quality and numerous pagination errors. Stamp of the Eferding castle library of the princely Starhemberg family. Modern bookplate "O.B." on endpaper. A good, fresh copy.