Histoire du Prince Apprius, &c. Extraite des Fastes du Monde, depuis sa Creation. Manuscrit Persan trouve dans la Bibliotheque de Schah-Hussain, Roi de Perse, dethrone par Mamouth en 1722. Traduction Francoise
A Constantinople [but Paris or Lyon?]: [s.i.], 1728. Very Good -. Item #50370
A Constantinople [but Paris or Lyon?]: [s.i.], 1728. Early reprint. 12mo; rebacked contemporary calf boards; 96pp. + [2]ll. printed key, detached but present. Heavy wear and flaking to boards; binding sound; edges sprayed red; binding sound but final leaves with key detached; dampstaining to interior; Good to Very Good.
Per Drujon, "Attributed to P.-Fr. Godard de Beauchamps—who always denied being its author, though he likely had very good reason to do so, given that the printer of the first edition was sentenced to banishment and a heavy fine." He continues "This uninhibited and malicious allegory contains a great many words that have simply been turned into anagrams; the key, therefore, is quite easy to reconstruct." Apprius is Priapus, Celtiquetorea is La Coqueterie, Chedabars is Bardaches. According to Gay and Lemonnyer the first edition, a false imprint listing Constantinople as the place of publication as here, was published in Paris or Lyon with 72pp.
Gay and Lemonnyer II, pp. 552-553; Drujon pp. 454-455.
Price: $300.00