GROSLEY (Pierre-Jean), MAYDIEU (Jean). Vie de M. Grosley, éc - Lot 81

GROSLEY (Pierre-Jean), MAYDIEU (Jean). Vie de M. Grosley, écrite en partie par lui-même, continuée et publiée par M. l'abbé Maydieu, chanoine de l'Eglise de Troyes en Champagne. À Londres, et se trouve à Paris, chez Th. Barrois, 1787. In-8, VII-431 p., contemporary red morocco, 5-ribbed spine, gilt title, small-iron decorated caissons, triple gilt fillet and angular fleurons on the boards, gilt fillet on the edges, gilt roulette bordering the contreplats, gilt edges (negligible worm spot at the tail of the spine, hole and stain not serious on p.291). First edition of this biography of the Trojan lawyer P.-J. Grosley (1718-1785), associate member of the Académie des Inscriptions and contributor to the Encyclopédie, who also distinguished himself through his facetious and playful literary compositions. Some copies include an engraved frontispiece portrait. A fine copy, on large Hollande paper, bound in contemporary morocco.