Bruxelles, Gay & Doucé, [1878].
1 vol. (95 x 160 mm) of XXXIII, 170 p. and [1] f. (table). Half lemon-yellow morocco with corners, spine ribbed and decorated, gilt fillets on covers, top edge gilt, gilt title, original wrappers and spine preserved (binding signed Champs-Stroobants).
New edition, printed in red and black and limited to 500 copies on jonquil-yellow paper, in wrappers under violet covers, this copy no. 466.
Frontispice engraved by Félicien Rops.
Frontispice engraved by Félicien Rops.
First published in 1762, Les Amusements is a collection of anecdotes, portraits and biting epigrams targeting eighteenth-century Brussels society — a series of satirical sketches à clef, in the libertine and satirical vein that made François-Antoine Chevrier’s reputation. This is the reprint edition issued by Gay & Doucé, set in refined typography on jonquil-yellow paper, enriched with a remarkable frontispiece etching by Félicien Rops — a blend of wit, social mockery and libertine mischief.
The work, preceded by a valuable anonymous key, barely conceals the names of the personalities mocked, and closes with two licentious tales: “Les trois coquins” and “Je m’y attendais bien.”
Drujon, Les Livres à clefs, col. 43–45.
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