GUIARD DE SERVIGNÉ, Jean-Baptiste] - Le Rhinocéros, poëme en - Lot 694

GUIARD DE SERVIGNÉ, Jean-Baptiste] - Le Rhinocéros, poëme en prose divisé en six chants. By Melle. de ***. S. l., 1750. in-8, front, 28, 80 pp. half calf, ribbed spine decorated with gilt thread. COHEN 466. JONES 105. First edition. Curious frontispiece by Aveline depicting the rhinoceros exhibited by two companions, one of whom has the head of an animal. Adventures of three geniuses designated by anagrams - Ganadoumouri = love of gain, Gasmeser = messenger, Tesicuriola = curiosity, who kidnap a rhinoceros in Amsterdam and travel through France to ''enjoy the fruits of its exhibition.'' This is an opportunity to make numerous observations on mores, literary practices, theater, merchants and more.