SCATOLOGY]. Gustave BRUNET (1805-1896)].... - Lot 323 - Marie-Saint Germain

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SCATOLOGY]. Gustave BRUNET (1805-1896)].... - Lot 323 - Marie-Saint Germain
SCATOLOGY]. Gustave BRUNET (1805-1896)]. The Conservator of Health, printed on colored paper. An incomparable volume containing the art of farting and shitting followed by odoriferous pieces on various matters of good taste. At Montcuq (Guyenne), under the sign of the big Prussian, near the four winds [Lille, around 1836]. Followed by: the new Merdiana or manual of the facetious and good sirs. Collection of poems and anecdotes suitable for certain daily use. At Merdianopolis, at the home of the mother of the Vidangeurs, [Lille, Blocquel, 1836]. 2 works in 1 in-8, of 160 and 155 pages, blue morocco, spine ribbed and decorated, edges moiré (binding of the time). With a woodcut frontispiece. Montcuq is a town located in the Lot, where Madame de Sevigne sometimes stayed. The rumour attributes to the epistolary writer : " Montcuq is only a hole, but the surroundings are charming. "The Conservateur de la santé is attributed to the bibliophile Gustave Brunet. The Nouveau Merdiana is illustrated with a few in-text woodcut vignettes. Copy on yellow paper for Le Conservateur and pink for Le Nouveau Merdiana.
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