Mémoires et aventures du Chevalier de St.-Vincent.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Falconnet, Ambroise, 1742-1817, author.

Contributor:

• Rozet, Benoît, 1732?-approximately 1794, bookseller.

Language:

French

Subjects (All):

• French fiction--18th century--Early works to 1800.

Physical Description:

2 parts in 1 volume ; 17 cm (12mo)

Distribution:

Et se vend à Paris : Chez Rozet, libraire, rue St Severin, au coin de la rue Zacharie, MDCCLXX [1770]

Other Title:

Le début, ou, Les premières aventures du chevalier de *** : premiere partie

Fingerprint:

s.n- rdre rsta raj' (3) 1770 (R)

Place of Publication:

A Londres [i.e. Paris?] : [publisher not identified], MDCCLXX [1770]

Notes:

• Written by Ambroise Falconnet. See Barbier.
• Premiere partie has added dated title leaf which reads: Le début ou Les premieres aventures du chevalier de *** premiere partie ... A L**** Et se vend à Paris, Chez Rozet, libraire, rue St Severin, au coin de la rue Zacharie. M. DCC. LXX.
• "The imprint is false; probably printed in Paris."--ESTC.
• "Two states of preliminary leaf 'Au lecteur' have been identified. State A is an unsigned, unpaginated leaf with one short paragraph of text. State B is signed 'aij', paginated 'iij-iv' and has text on both pages."--ESTC.
• Signatures vary by state. State A: pi⁴(-pi4) A-O⁸/⁴ P⁸(-P8). State B: a⁴(-a4) A-O⁸/⁴ P⁸(-P8). See ESTC.
• Pagination varies by state. State A: [6], 181, [1] pages. State B: iv, 181, [1] pages. See ESTC.
• Woodcut title ornaments, initials and head-pieces.

Local Notes:

• Singer-Mendenhall copy imperfect: main title leaf wanting.
• Singer-Mendenhall copy bound with: Riccoboni, Marie Jeanne de Heurles Laboras de Mezières. Les vrais caracteres du sentiment, ou, Histoire d'Ernestine. A Liege : Chez D. de Boubers, imprimeur-libraire, sur le Pont d'Isle, MDCCLXV [1765].
• Singer-Mendenhall copy has preliminary leaf "Au lecteur" in state A with signatures pi⁴(-pi4) A-O⁸/⁴ P⁸(-P8) and pagination [6], 181, [1] pages. See ESTC.
• Singer-Mendenhall copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2022 from Christopher Edwards.

Cited in:

• Barbier, A.A. Dictionnaire des ouvrages anonymes (3. éd.), I, column 842
• ESTC T506162

OCLC:

1372352664