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BÉRANGER, Pierre-Jean de; et al. Chansonnier des...

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BÉRANGER, Pierre-Jean de; et al. Chansonnier des filles d'amour. Contenant 45 chansons galantes de nos meilleurs auteurs tels que Béranger et autres, précédé de l'Ode à Priape. Bruxelles s.n. 1832 In-18: 90 pp. (russ.). Contemporary midnight-blue basane, boards decorated with a handsome Restauration cold-stamped plate surrounded by a gilt fillet, smooth spine gilt filleted and cold-flowered, gilt int. dent., gilt tr. (some minor rubbing, minor loss to upper cuff, corners dull). First edition of this collection of 44 (not 45 as announced in the title) chansons gaillardes, dedicated "to the bawds, the putins [sic] and all the foutromanes of the earth". Ill. with 10 very free lithographed plates, i.e. 1 title-front and 9 plates, including 1 placed in front, all captioned and accompanied by a few verses. Peddling work condemned by two French assize courts, in 1842 and 1844. Ex. in a charming romantic binding. Ref. Dutel A-206. - BGL I:537-538. - Cp. Nordmann II:78 (ms. copy c. 1840). - Not in Pia. Prov. T[ony] F[ekete] (bookplate mod. s. Wahorn).