CRÉBILLON (Prosper de). Collection of two in-12 works, bound - Lot 34

CRÉBILLON (Prosper de). Collection of two in-12 works, bound in one volume of garnet-red morocco, with ribbed spine and antique speckled edges (modern binding). First editions of these libertine tales by the man Guillaume Apollinaire described as the "French Petronius", and of whom Louis-Sébastien Mercier said, in his Tableau de Paris: "He knew women as well as it is possible to know them, he loved them a little more than he esteemed them". LaNuit et le moment; ou les Matines de Cythère. Dialogue. London, s.n., 1755. In-12; without the faux-tittre; without the plates from the 1761 edition sometimes added to copies. A libertine's strategic maneuvers to seduce a woman, and her wiles to resist him. -LeHazard du coin du feu, moral dialogue. ÀLaHaye, s.n., 1763. In-12; old restoration to title leaf. Banter between a roué about a woman he's infatuated with, and another woman who tries to turn him away for her own benefit.