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248 - PILHES (Joseph). *Le Bienfait anonyme*, a comedy in three ac…
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Estimate €200 - €300
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PILHES (Joseph). *Le Bienfait anonyme*, a comedy in three acts, in prose, dedicated to the city of Bordeaux. A fine copy on large-format paper, in a beautiful contemporary binding featuring the coat of arms of the city of Bordeaux. Paris, Cailleau, 1785. In-8 (120x200 mm), full red morocco, smooth spine decorated with compartmentalised fleurons and the title gilded lengthwise on a piece of green leather, covers stamped with the coat of arms of Bordeaux within a triple Duseuil-style frame, gold fillet with cut-outs, gilt roulette on the chases, pale blue half-leather endpapers, all edges gilt (contemporary binding). XVI and 79 pages, title medallion, a few headpieces and tailpieces. Scuffing, slight leather loss on the front cover, tiny hole on a joint, one corner slightly folded, tiny hole on a white endpaper. Second edition, published a year after the original of 1784, on large-format paper, of this three-act comedy in prose, dedicated to the city of Bordeaux, by M. Joseph Pilhes (1740–1832), known as La Beaumelle, a French writer and politician born and died in Tarascon-sur-Ariège. The play was performed in Paris by the Comédiens Français ordinaires du Roi on 21 August 1784, and in Versailles on the following 23 November. It is preceded by a dedication from the author: ‘To the Masters, Lieutenants of the Mayor and Jurats of the city of Bordeaux.’ A very fine copy in a contemporary binding bearing the coat of arms of the city of Bordeaux.
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Auction time 06/29/2026 at 2:00 PM
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