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MILLON

408 - [GRIMAREST (Jean-Léonor Le Gallois, Sieur de)].
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Estimate €250 - €450
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[GRIMAREST (Jean-Léonor Le Gallois, Sieur de)]. Treatise on Recitative in Reading, Public Speaking, Declamation, and Singing. With a Treatise on Accents, Quantity, and Punctuation. Paris, Le Fevre and Ribou, 1706. 12mo in tan sheepskin, decorated ribbed spine, title page (contemporary binding). Minor losses to the head and foot. A fine copy. A rare first edition. The author, a prolific writer (his works include, amongst others, treatises on mathematics, history, military tactics and linguistics), is best known for his *Vie de M. de Molière*, published in 1705, which was the very first biography of the great actor. (Barbier IV, 795.)
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Auction time 09/09/2026 at 1:00 PM
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