[Cats] Dissertation sur la prééminence des chats,

dans la société, sur les autres animaux d'Egipte, sur les distinctions et privileges dont ils ont joui personellement (...). [By François-Augustin Paradis de Moncrif]. Amsterdam, B. Vlam, 1767, VIII,204,(9), p., with 10 engraved plates (2x folding), contemporary blue paperboard with paper title shield on spine (good copy with only a few minimal defects).

Bound with: Harangue d'Hermionne a ses petits chats nouveau nés: Poëme héroique burlesque par le sieur C**.L**.M***. Dole, P.-F. Tonnet, 1772, 70,(2) p. And with: Contes comiques traduits de l'Allemand par MM***. Franckfurt etc., F. Varentrapp etc., 1771, 152 p., with engraved top vignette (Endymion) (total 3 in one binding). Ad 1: Rare. One of the first books entirely dedicated to cats, of which the first edition appeared in 1727 titled "Les chats". Ad 2: Very rare, no copies of this edition and only one other copy (edition 1730) in KVK! The bookblock has a slightly smaller size than the other two works in the collection. Ad 3: The author is Christoph Martin Wieland, the translators are Louis Dussieux and Georges Adam Junker.