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Pornographe ou la Prostitution réformé. Jean-Pierre Moet (1721-1806), a prolific
writer, is best known for the translation of John Hill's Lucina sine concubitu.
II. Based on the Spanish novel Enganos deste siglo (first published in Paris 1615) this
French imitation with its more direct title History of the Cuckolds inspired the
Marquis de Paulmy to note in his copy that a mere 183 pages were 'bien peu pour un
sujet si étendu'. Earlier French versions had appeared under the more literal title Les
abus du monde (Paris 1618) and Les Tromperies de ce siècle (Paris 1639).
The similarity of the ornaments clearly indicates that the two works were printed at
the same press.
I. Barbier I, 622; Brunet, Imprimeurs imaginaries, p. 63; Cioranescu 45746; Conlon 46,
719; Gay-Lemmonyer I, 606; OCLC and RLIN list just two copies, at UCLA and the
University of Chicago; II. Gay-Lemmonyer II, 539; Jones, List of French Prose Fiction,
p. 92; see Palau 142661.
Entirely Engraved
50.
[MOREAU, Pierre.] Les Sainctes Prières de l'âme chrestienne escrites
et gravées après le naturel de la plume, par P. oreau Me Escrivuain
Juré à Paris. Paris, chez l'autheur, ou au Palais, à la Vérité, 1644.
£ 2400
12mo, ll. [106]; engraved throughout, each plate with engraved border;
paper lightly browned; contemporary Jansenist binding of red morocco,
spine discreetly labelled in gilt, gilt dentelles, a.e.g.; small repair to
upper board; an attractive copy.
A very attractive, entirely engraved, calligraphic prayer-book, designed and
executed by Pierre Moreau, and dedicated to Anne d'Autriche, the wife of Louis XIII.
The work is engraved throughout, in each case the richly decorated border is printed
from one plate, with the text and imagery printed on a separate plate. Particularly
attractive are the depictions of the Seven Deadly sins, the arms of Anne d'Autriche,
and numerous (repeated) flower images. The work was first published in 1631 and
was reprinted numerous times, ie in 1632, 1644, 1649 and 1656.
Moreau is best known as a calligrapher, but also of note for having developed
punches and matrices of some new script-types, in the style of handwriting, He
dedicted that first proofs of these to Louis XIII, which brought him the title of
'Imprimeur du Roy'(Updike I, p. 207).
Bonacini, Bibliografia delle arti scrittorie e della calligrafia, 1228 'rarissima edizione';
Brunet III, p. 1117; OCLC locates copies of this edition at Stanford, Library of
Congress, Newberry, Harvard and Virginia.
Enlightenment Legal Reform
51.