ON INAPPROPRIATE ADORNMENT OF GEMS [GAUTHIER, FRAN€OIS LOUIS].

Trait‚ contre l'Amour des Parures et le Luxe des Habits... 12mo, contemporary calf gilt, joints cracked, rubbed with loss; lacks blanks. Paris: Augustin-Martin Lottin, 1779 first edition of a treatise against excessive and elaborate clothing written the year before Gauthier's death. It includes sections on the inappropriate adornment of gems and jewelry as relating to respect for royalty. Gauthier, (1696-1780), Curate of Savigny-sur-Orge for over fifty years, wrote two tracts against excess in human behaviour, the other being his Trait‚ contre les Danses et les mauvaises Chansons, published in 1769. Barbier IV, col. 741.