[CAYLUS, Anne-Claude-Philippe de Tubières de Grimoard de Pestels de Lévis, comte de, et alii]

Collection of these gentlemen Amsterdam [Paris], by the Westein Brothers, 1745 VERY WELL BOUND IN CONTEMPORARY MOROCCO. UNIFORM BINDING WITH THE TWO PREVIOUS LOTS. FORMER COLLECTIONS OF JOHN WODEHOUSE AND CHARLES VAN DER ELST ORIGINAL EDITION In-8 (157 x 90 mm). Flower on the title page, an initial, woodcut headbands and endpapers. COLLATION : π3 A-Y8.4 Z8 2A-H4.8 (without 2H8 blank) : (3) ff., 374 pp. CONTENTS: π1r: title, π2r: printer's notice, π3r: table, A1r: text CONTEMPORARY BINDING. Red morocco, gilt decoration, triple fillet in frame, long spine decorated, gilt edges PROVENANCE: Guillaume-Luc Bailly (1743-1809; characteristic annotation at bottom of last endpaper) -- John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley (1826-1902; bookplate with motto "Frapes fort") -- Charles Van der Elst (1904-1982; bookplate) RARE: mostly very modestly bound Small ink stain on title, leaf 2H7 stained and browned, with small lack in inner margin This collection gathers texts from the dinners of the "Société du Bout-du-Banc", a salon orchestrated by the actress Jeanne-Françoise Quinault-Dufresne, known as Quinault cadette, and the count of Caylus. The texts, all anonymous, are attributed to Bernis, Caylus, Collé, Crébillon fils, Duclos, Maurepas, Marivaux, Moncrif, Voisenon, Mme Graffigny, etc. BIBLIOGRAPHY : Gay, III, col. 947 -- J. Hellegouarc'h, "Un atelier littéraire au XVIIIe siècle : la société du bout-du-banc", Revue d'histoire littéraire de la France, vol. 104, 2004, n° 1, pp. 59-70 -- M. Fumaroli, Le comte de Caylus et Edme Bouchardon. Deux réformateurs du goût sous Louis XV, Paris, 2016