Satyre Menippee ou Discours by Thomas Sonnet

Hardcover. 1864. Pillet Fils. Limited Edition.

Reprint of the 1608  French satirical work written by the poet and physician Thomas Sonnet de Courval. This specific work targets the domestic, financial, and psychological tribulations of marriage rather than the political topics usually associated with the genre.

Limited to 100 numbered copies plus two on vellum and four on china paper.

Engraved frontispiece portrait. Bound later in full black morocco, gilt-ruled boards, spine gilt in compartments with floral ornaments; with two bookplates: "Ex libris Ulyssis Chamecin" (printed label) and "F. S. Richardson" (Possbly Artist Frederick Richardson?). Contents toned, generally sound.