2020 March 4 Rare Books Signature Auction Books Signature Auction - New York - 05/03/2020 / Lot 45118

[Louis de Boissy]. Mercure de France. Dédié au Roi. Par Une Société de Gens de Lettres, Mars, 1775. Paris: Chez Lacombe, [1775]. First edition. Twelvemo (6.5 x 3.5 inches; 165 x 89 mm). [1-6], 7-240 pages. Contemporary dark-red calf armorial binding with titling and decoration on the spine stamped in gilt; all edges gilt; marbled endpapers. Modern bookplate mounted to front pastedown. Very good. Housed in a beautiful black, tooled calf custom clamshell box with titling stamped in gilt in compartments between five raised bands. The Mercure de France was a French gazette and literary magazine which has had many incarnations until the current day. This issue contains an announcement of the premier of Pierre Beaumarchais's comedy Le Barbier de Séville. HID10206192019 © 2020 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved