Title page: DIALOGUE AUX ENFERS | ENTRE | MACHIAVEL | ET MONTESQUIEU | OU LA POLITIQUE DE MACHIAVEL | AU XIXe SIÈCLE, | PAR UN CONTEMPORAIN. | {6 lines of citations} | ~ | BRUXELLES, | IMPRIMERIE DE A. MERTENS ET FILS, | RUE DE L’ESCALIER, 22. | 1864 ||
Description: 17.9 x 12 cm, quarter red morocco over marbled boards, spine with raised bands, gilt bees in compartments, gilt lettering, marbled endpapers, ffep cut out top 1/4, ffep and h.t. loose.
Collation: 12mo; fep, π4 1-2712, 292, fep.; total 174 leaves.
Pagination: [2 h.t] [2 t.p.] [i] ii-iii [iv] [1] 2-337 [338] [2 errata].
Inscriptions and markings: “Hommage respectueux offert à M. Bourdais par son très humble serviteur, 5 Janvier 1881”. Signature: E. Rouger (?) “Vu et approuvé”. “Valatte”. Ink stamp: “M<aîtr>e E. Brouard – Notaire a Laon Aisne”.
Other copies: LIB-1034.2016 and LIB-2913.2021.
Other related objects: SVVP-0062.2021.
The publication was funded by the author and smuggled into France.
Contributors:
Maurice Joly (French, 1829 – 1878)