1877 Pièces Facétieuses

Pièces Facétieuses [Facetious Pieces]. Lille: Leleu, Libraire, 1877. Following the Paris 1651 edition. Small 8vo (18 × 13 cm). 47, [2] pp. Contemporary or near-contemporary half morocco over marbled boards, raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt.

Attractive nineteenth-century bibliophile reprint comprising three rare seventeenth-century French satirical texts: Avis donné aux hommes martyrisez par leurs femmes, Nouvelle Gazette enrhumée, avec les remèdes pour se garantir du rhume, mal de tête & d’estomach, and Le Testament du scientific et pralific Picotin, Baron des Capilotades, Marquis des Ragouts, etc. Printed in Lille by A. Lesguillon and completed on 20 July 1877, as stated in the colophon. The volume reproduces the original 1651 Paris edition and includes a facsimile woodcut illustration depicting a wife chastising her husband, reflecting the humorous and burlesque character of the texts. Vg condition.