Les bijoux indiscrets. Or, the indiscreet toys. Translated from the Congese language printed at Monomotapa. In two volumes. Adorned with copper-plates.

All titles

• Les bijoux indiscrets. Or, the indiscreet toys. Translated from the Congese language printed at Monomotapa. In two volumes. Adorned with copper-plates.
• Indiscreet toys

People / Organizations

• Pierrot Ragout ("printed for")
• Denis Diderot (Author)

Imprint

Tobago [i.e. London] : re-printed for Pierrot Ragout, with the approbation of M-l S-xe, MDCCXLIX. And sold by R. Freeman; and at all the booksellers, [1749]

Publication year

1749

ESTC No.

N32479

Grub Street ID

21115

Description

2v. : ill. 12°.

Note

Anonymous. By Denis Diderot

The imprint is false; printed in London

Allegory that portrays Louis XV of France as Mangogul, Sultan of Congo, and Madame de Pompadour as Mirzoza, his mistress

Pagination. Vol. 1. [2], vi, 276 p, [6] leaves of plates ; vol. 2. [2], ii, 315, [1] p., [2] leaves of plates

Signatures: A]4] B-M]1]2] N]6; A]2] B-O]1]2] P]2.