Poisle Desgranges (Jean Claude Léonard)]

Proverbes mis en Action, ou Morale récréatitve, half title, 13 engraved plates, light age yellowing and foxing, small tear to pp. 15-16 top right corner, slight damp-staining towards the end of volume, contemporary paper wrappers covered with fabric, both covers decorated with various coloured threads and to a floral design, wear to corners and spine extremities, oblong 8vo, Violet, Paris, 1825.

***The author is the father of Joseph Poisle Desgranges, who was, like him, a poet and postal worker.