(Baudouin de Guémadeuc). L'Espion dévalisé

London, n.publ., 1783, VIII,302 pp., woodcut title-vignette and head- and tailpieces, very finely bound in contemp. mor., both sides w. triple gilt fillet border, gilt board edges and inside dentelles, richly gilt and ribbed spine w. the 2 titles of the vol. in 2 giltlettered compartments, marbled endpapers, a.e.g.

A very fine and desirable copy, with the gilt armorial bookplate of F. de Rolland de Lastous on upper pastedown and his blindstamp in upper outer corner of the title-p. Second edition (first: 1782). Also attributed to the Comte de Mirabeau, but De Guémadeuc revealed being the author to Barbier. Baudouin de Guémadeuc (1734-1817), known especially for this pamphlet with numerous scandalous anecdotes. Bound with: (C.C. de Rulhière). Le petit tableau de Paris. N.pl., n.publ., 1783, 94 p., woodcut title-vignette and head- and tailpieces.