Maximilien de ROBESPIERRE (1758-1794) - Narcotique des sages - Lot 21

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Maximilien de ROBESPIERRE (1758-1794) - Narcotique des sages - Lot 21
Maximilien de ROBESPIERRE (1758-1794) - Narcotique des sages (le) ou le Véhicule de la folie. Almanach. Paris: [Pierre-Étienne] Janet, [1791, according to the calendar]. In-32, 24-24 pp. engraved and (12) pp. printed, garnet-red morocco, smooth spine cloisonné and fleuronné with green title-piece, triple gilt fillet framing the boards with gilt medallion in the center, this medallion bearing the numeral "MR" on the first board and a gallant scene captioned "RECEVEZ MES VOEUX" on the second, ornate coupes, blue paper endpapers, mirror held in place by a gilt cloth strap on the first flyleaf, leather pencil holder on the edge of the second flyleaf, gilt edges; one leaf missing, pp. 5-6 of the second engraved part (contemporary binding). Illustrated with 13 copper-engraved plates hors texte, including a title. 2 of the engraved text pages also include notated music. Bound with : Le Nécessaire des dames et des messieurs. À Paris, chez Jubert, [circa 1782-1785]. In- 32 (same dimensions as Le Narcotique), 48 [of which the first 3 blank]-(16 blank) pp., childish inscriptions in pencil on blank pages. Mainly includes a date tablet for noting gambling wins and losses, it was sometimes placed by Jubert with the almanacs he had printed. Pierre-Étienne Janet succeeded Jubert, his father-in-law, in 1790. Carteret (no. 1026) suggests that Le Narcotique des sages was produced before Janet's time, and that he thus renewed the title. He refers to a printed songbook, here absent, and ignores the existence of Le Nécessaire. As here, a copy of Le Narcotique des sages with calendar for 1792 in the Bibliothèque nationale does not have a printed cahier de chansons and includes the Nécessaire. The present work bears a monogram "MR" identical to that on a box attributed to Maximilien de Robespierre, sold by Millon on December 13, 2021 (lot 146).
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