Marc de Montifaud [Marie-Amelie Chartroule de Montifaud] — Les Nouvelles Drolatiques I-X

Paris, C. Gillet, 1880-1881. Leather. The complete ten volumes of Montifaud's work Les Nouvelles Drolatiques bound into two, in the original French language. French language. Ten volumes bound into two. Scarce collection. Illustrated with a frontispiece to each volume. Collated complete. Written by Marie-Amélie Chartroule de Montifaud, a French art critic and writer who used the pen name Marc de Montifaud. This collection includes: Un Mariage a Constantinople, Un Serail a Vendre, Le Curateur, Le Commis de chez Richard, Le Phonographe du Seigneur, and many others. Bound in quarter red calf with marbled boards. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and rubbing to the extremities. Fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd handling mark. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .