Wit and Gossip of the French Court...Translated from the French by Lesley Mason.
Hollywood: Press of Hollycrofters, 1933. One of 125 copies of this collection of aphorisms and anecdotes by Nicolas Chamfort (1741 – 1794), author and secretary to the sister of Louis XVI. Set in Poliphilus and Blado and printed on handmade paper at the Press of Hollycrofters. Some edgewear and smudging.....