[CURIOSA - MAILLY (Louis de)]. Rome galante, or A Secret History During the Reigns of Julius Caesar and Augustus. Paris: Jean Guignard, 1696. 2 volumes in one in-12 volume, red morocco, gilded crowned monogram adorning the center of the covers, ribbed spine, gilt edges (E. Pouget). 166 + [VIII] + 172 + [IV] pp. FIRST EDITION of this collection of erotic short stories set in ancient Rome, attributed to the Chevalier de Mailly (1657–1724). A frontispiece title page engraved by Jacobus HARREWIYN. From the library of Amédée RIGAUD (1819–1873), with bookplate, shelf label, and gilt monogram on the covers. Distress to the cap edges; traces of water damage on the covers; slight water damage in the upper margin of the first twelve folios. Barbier, IV, 383. COPY IN RED POUGET MOROCCO LEATHER EMBELLISHED WITH THE INITIALS OF AMEDEE RIGAUD.