Les Douceurs De La Vie, Ou Les Petites Felicites Qui S'Y Rencontrent A Tout Moment, Pour Servir De Consolations Aux Miseres Et Tribulations Du Docteur Beresfort. Par A. ... D. ... Paris; De L'Imprimerie De J. Gille; 1816.
The Pleasures of Life, or the Small Joys Encountered at Every Moment, to Serve as Consolations for the Miseries and Tribulations of Dr. Beresfort. By A. ... D. ... Paris; Printed by J. Gille; 1816.
FIRST EDITION!
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The author, Abel Jean Henri Dufresne (1788 - 1866), was a French magistrate, painter, author, and man of letters. His written works were primarily focused on the subjects of education and morality.
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Text rather humourously begins with "For a reader who values order and doesn't skip anything in a book, even a short preface is already a pleasant prospect. But if the author immediately gets to the point, then we must decidedly count among the small joys the sensation of those poor individuals who have read so many boring prefaces in their lives...".
Size: 105 x 170 x 20 mm (approx.)
Condition:
Spine with very minor wear. Tooled label present. Both boards attached with very minor wear to joints and hinges starting. Few very small holes near joints on boards. Boards with very minor scuffing on marbled boards. Very minor shelf and edge wear. Dulling to page edges. Small damp stain to the bottom corner of page edges. Pencil inscription on ffep. Text block fairly clean with minor foxing. Small indent causing a very small hole at the bottom of the inside side of the rear board. Uncollated but appears complete.
