MATANASIUS, Chrysostom [pseudonym: Hyacinthe Cordonnier]. Th - Lot 246

MATANASIUS, Chrysostom [pseudonym: Hyacinthe Cordonnier]. The Masterpiece of an Unknown Author. The Hague, Pierre Husson, 1732. 2 tomes in 2 vols., in-12 format, later red half-shagreen, spine with faux raised bands decorated with embossed frames and gilt or embossed fillets. 32 unnumbered folios – 264 pp. and 1 unnumbered folio. - [265–528] pp., two frontispiece portraits and two fold-out engraved plates, one of which contains sheet music. Some very slight signs of wear and very rare foxing; title pages slightly browned. A fine edition of this literary satire, adorned with two engraved frontispiece portraits (the author and Judith Beseraige, widow of Jean D’Aussonne) and two fold-out engraved plates, one of which contains sheet music. Each volume bears an engraved bookplate reading “Patrice Salin” and a handwritten note (pen, loose cursive, legible brown ink) on the reverse of the first blank endpaper, transcribing the entry from Barbier’s *Dictionnaire des Ouvrages Anonymes*. Very fine copies. Sources: - Quérard, II, 1073.