[DU FAIL (Noël). Baliverneries, ou Contes nouveaux d'Eutrape - Lot 91

[DU FAIL (Noël). Baliverneries, ou Contes nouveaux d'Eutrapel, autrement dit Léon Ladulfi. London, R. Triphook, 1815. In-16, X p., [1] f. (table), XII-100 p., [2] f., lightly post-pasted brown Russian half-leather, smooth spine, gilt title throughout, untrimmed (corners dulled). Rare edition of 100 copies on wove paper (plus one on Chine according to Brunet). Based on that of Paris, Estienne Groulleau, 1548, by the English historian Samuel Weller Singer, and "at the expense of three lovers of comic literature". Copy with all margins preserved (h=137 mm.); the composition of the text does not exceed 70 mm. and suggests that the actual format is in-32. (Brunet II, 1164, coll. eronnée; Gay I, 347).