VOISENON, Claude Henri de Fusée, Abbé de (1708-1775). Zulmis et Zelmaide. Conte. Amsterdam [Paris]: 1745. 12° (168 x 92mm). Half-title. (Sporadic spotting.) Red morocco by Hardy, spine richly gilt in compartments, two of these lettered, triple rule gilt border with central device to boards, gilt edges and turn-ins, blue silk ribbon marker. Provenance: purchased from L. Giraud-Badin, 1932.

VOISENON, Claude Henri de Fusée, Abbé de (1708-1775). Zulmis et Zelmaide. Conte. Amsterdam [Paris]: 1745. 12° (168 x 92mm). Half-title. (Sporadic spotting.) Red morocco by Hardy, spine richly gilt in compartments, two of these lettered, triple rule gilt border with central device to boards, gilt edges and turn-ins, blue silk ribbon marker. Provenance: purchased from L. Giraud-Badin, 1932.
A friend of Voltaire from an early age, and later an intimate of his mistress Mme. du Châtelet, the Abbé entertained the French court with verses in honour of Mesdames du Barry and de Pompadour, as well as salacious stories printed for private circulation (as here).

Together with, by the same author: Tant-mieux pour elle; conte plaisant. 12° ~160 x 88mm). [Paris: c.1760]. Engraved title. Green morocco by Hardy, spine richly gilt in compartments, triple ruled gilt border with central device to boards, gilt turn-ins and edges. Provenance: purchased from L. Giraud-Badin, 1931. (2)