COUSTELIER, Antoine-Urbain, son] - Letters from La Fillon. C - Lot 291

COUSTELIER, Antoine-Urbain, son] - Letters from La Fillon. Cologne (Paris), Pierre Marteau, 1751. In-12, engraved title page, (2) folios, 101 pages, yellowed paper, marbled fawn calf from the original, decorated ribbed spine, restored caps, binding partially cracked. GAY II, 820. MMF 51.18. The author is none other than the publisher of the famous collection of Latin classics. “La Fillon was a well-known matchmaker in Paris during the Regency. She played a part in the Spanish ambassador Cellamare’s discovery of the conspiracy against the Regent, which further enhanced her fame.” (Continued below:) [DELRUE, Abbé] - The Secret Pleasures of Angélique. Or Her Journeys to the Ends of the Earth. Paris, Pierre Confolk, 1751. (1) fol., 140 pp.; (1) fol., 178 pp. GAY III, 765. MMF 51.21. Gallant and Libertine Adventures -- [CHAVIGNY DE LA BRETONNIÈRE, François] - The Conversations at the Gate, or The Monk in the Parlor. Familiar Anecdotes (in the social sphere). Cologne, 1721. (1) folio, 109 (2) pp., yellowed paper. GAY III, 116. LEVER 151 (1682). François Chavigny de la Bretonnière (1652–c. 1705) was a licentious and anticlerical author of romantic tales set in monasteries, the most famous of which is *La Vénus dans le cloître* (Cologne, 1683). Front cover detached.