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191 - [DORAT, Claude-Joseph].
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Estimate €100 - €200
Description
[DORAT, Claude-Joseph]. THEATRICAL DECLAMATION, a didactic poem in four cantos. Preceded and followed by a few prose pieces. Fourth edition. PARIS, DELALAIN, 1771. One volume, in-8 (18.5 x 12.5 cm), in an old half-binding of red morocco. Spine with five raised bands, decorated in a burlesque style and gilt, bearing the gilt title; edges straw-coloured. The work is illustrated with a frontispiece and four copperplate engravings by de Ghendt after Charles Eisen. A didactic poem in four cantos devoted to Tragedy, Comedy, Opera and Dance, followed by various letters on the theatre in the 18th century. A fine copy in a binding by Petit, successor to Simier.
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Closing date 10/06/2026 at 8:00 PM
ID: 89078106
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