Poetic Almanac from 1782

Description

ÉTRENNES Lyriques, anacréontiques, for the year 1782. Presented to Madame, sister of the King, for the second time on December 16, 1781. Published in Paris by the author, 1782, 88 x 145 mm, 366 pp, full leather binding (restored), gilt edges. Almanac edited by Cholet de Jetphort between 1781 and 1794, featuring a collection of poetry printed for the first time. Our copy from 1782 includes writings by Beaumarchais "La Gallerie des femmes du siècle passé" and Saint-Ange "A Mlle de Sophie habillé en hommes", etc. Very rare.