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BINDING FEATURING COATS OF ARMS. 18th-century theatre. A collection of 11 works in one volume, in-8, fawn calfskin, triple gilt fillet, coat of arms in the centre, spine decorated with 8 title labels in red and green marbling, red edges (full binding).
This collection comprises the following plays, printed in Paris:
1. Guillemain. *Boniface Pointu et sa famille*. Cailleau, 1782.
2. Billard. *Le Suborneur*. Published by the author, 1782.
3° Collot d’Herbois. *L’Amant loup-garou*. Didot the Elder, 1778.
4° La Grange. *Le Port de mer*. Cailleau, 1769.
5. Lagrange. *Les Contre-temps*. Cailleau, 1770.
6. Dorvigny. *Chacun son métier, les champs sont bien gardés*. Vve Ballard, 1780.
7° Steele. *The Reserved Lovers*. Ruault, 1778.
8° *The Three Kinds of Plays, or the Kalenders and the Faquirs*. Mérigot, 1771.
9° Imbert. The Inauguration of the Théâtre Français. Desenne, 1782.
10° de Boissy. *La Quatre Etoile*, an anonymous comedy. Didot the Elder, 1777.
11° de Falbaire. *The Manufacturer of London*. Ruault, 1778.
The coat of arms of a member of the de Fontenu family (possibly François Ignace de Fontenu, born in 1723, brigadier in the King’s armies) (OHR, pl. 384).
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