[CARACCIOLI Louis-Antoine de]. - Lot 13

[CARACCIOLI Louis-Antoine de]. Le Livre à la mode. Nouvelle édition, marquetée, polie & vernissée. En Europe : chez les libraires, 1000700509 [1759]. - In-12, 153 x 89 : XXXVIII, 88 pp. Long-grained burgundy morocco, double gilt fillet and cold ogive roulette framing the boards, ornate ribbed spine, gilt edges, lined slipcase (Simier). Didier Travier, "Louis-Antoine Caraccioli ou les amusements typographiques d'un moraliste mondain", L'Écrivain et l'Imprimeur, under the dir. of Alain Riffaud, Rennes, PUR, pp. 175-192. First edition, printed entirely in red ink, dedicated "Aux messieurs et dames à vapeurs". Attributed to the facetious Marquis de Caraccioli (1719-1803), this typographical curiosity is a satire on the vanities of fashion. It follows on from the Livre de la mode printed in green ink the same year: "the color green having lasted only eight days, as have all fashions, I offer you the most beautiful of vermillons, as it finally shines on your magnificently & furiously illuminated faces..." (extract from the preface). A fine copy in Simier morocco, in rare condition. Fading to binding. Small paper losses in the margins of 2 leaves, restorations to the last leaf. Provenance: Henri Baragnon, with large modern bookplate.