[LOCRÉ, Jean-Guillaume] ~ Les grandes et incomparables Aventures de Milord Ptit, de Herr Rodomont-Mic-Mak, de quelques autres preux chevaliers de leurs dames, de leurs écuyers, ensemble des rois pour lesquels ils se sont battus ou fait battre. Histoire admirable traduite de l’anglais et du napolitain. Paris: Desenne et Debray, An VII, [ 1798].
2 vols bound together, 12mo (168 × 92 mm), pp. [iv], xi, [1], 224; [iv], iv, 253, [1]. Contemporary sheep, gilt panelled spine. Rubbed, corners worn, upper joint cracked but secure. A good copy only, but quite fresh internally. From the books of the late Martin Stone (1946-2016).
Sole edition of a substantial political satire on the calamity of the Revolution, a roman-a-clef with Pitt and the Austrian General Mack as major protagonists, masquerading as a novel translated from the English and ‘Naplotain’ (presumably ‘Napoleonic’ rather than Neapolitan). Rare. No copies located outside France. Gay II, 429.
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