Imaging on laid paper edited in Rouen by Veuve Machuel.

Lined proof, uniformly browned, median fold.

The name and existence of this editor is reported by Jean-Dominique Mellot. Marie Catherine Gaillard appears under her name of Veuve Machuel on the death of her husband Jean-Baptiste III from 1746 as a bookseller, undoubtedly supported by her brother-in-law Pierre Machuel already installed in the profession.

In: Rouen and the “fairground booksellers” at the end of the 18th century: the widow Machuel and her correspondents (1768-1773) [article] Library of the École des Chartes Year 1989