Saugrain, Les curiositez de Paris, de Versailles, Paris, 1716, contemporary French calf gilt

12mo (167 x 102 mm). Roman type. collation: ã⁴ e² A-2P^8-4: 246 leaves. Headpieces of printer's flowers, engraved headpieces and printer's ornaments, numerous in-text woodcut illustrations by Vincent Le Sueur.

binding: Contemporary French calf (172 x 109 mm), spine with raised bands, gilt with open fleur-de-lys tool, stars and leafy tendrils, brown title label, marbled edges. (Rubbed.)

provenance: First two endleaves pasted together, obscuring several ownership inscriptions on a second endleaf, including the eighteenth-century inscription of "A. Baudet". acquisition: Purchased in 1962 on the Quays, Paris.