LOT 3032
15th May 2018
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LOT 3032
[HEAD, Richard]. The French Rogue: or, the Life of Monsieur Ragoue de Versailles… containing His parentage, Monstrous Birth, Early Rogueries, pleasant and witty Pranks, not only in France but in divers other Countries. London: printed for J. Clarke, 1740. 12mo (142 x 82mm.) Engraved frontispiece. (Some paper reinforcement to frontispiece and to several leaves.) Later blue morocco with elaborate gilt borders, titled and repeating gilt motif to spine. Provenance: Walter Wilson (bookplate to front pastedown); The West Horsley Place Collection. Note: Copac suggests the book is often wrongly attributed to Charles de Fieux, Chevalier de Mouhy, but more likely to be by 'Richard Head'. - And thirteen volumes, mostly miniature books. Provenance: The West Horsley Place Collection (14).
Hammer price: £380
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