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[MÉRARD DE SAINT-JUST (Simon-Pierre)].
The Occasion and the Moment, or a collection of fleeting poems, by an unassuming amateur, who is not malicious but who believes laughter is good for one’s health.
Published in Bonhomiopolis, at L’Ingénu’s, bookseller to the Académie de Quatre, under the sign of the ‘Well-Plucked Harp’, 1782 and for all time.
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The Occasion and the Moment, or a collection of fleeting poems, by an unassuming amateur, who is not malicious but who believes laughter is good for one’s health.
Published in Bonhomiopolis, at L’Ingénu’s, bookseller to the Académie de Quatre, under the sign of the ‘Well-Plucked Harp’, 1782 and for all time.
Four parts in one volume in small in-16 format, (2)-116-148-98-72 pp. 19th-century long-grained navy blue morocco, ribbed spine, richly decorated panels with perforated backgrounds, covers edged with a cold-stamped scroll and a gilt fillet, four large filigree metal plates with perforated backgrounds, gilded in the spandrels, a central gilded lozenge similarly decorated, the whole framed by small fleurons and cold-stamped dots, gilded roulette with cut-outs and inlays, pink satin endpapers and half-leather [R. P. Thouvenin] (spine slightly faded, minor scuffs on the corners and edges, a few discreet, sporadic foxing spots).
Gay-Lemonnier, vol. III, p. 440.
A collection of romantic and light-hearted pieces, printed in a small run for Mérard de Saint-Just.
Printed on laid paper, with a half-title and a title page for each part.
Mérard de Saint-Just may have set aside a few copies bearing the Bonhomiopolis address to give to friends, as the address differs from those given in bibliographies.
A very attractive little volume printed on Didot’s presses, bound in morocco leather by Thouvenin.