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Description
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D'ASSOUCY (Charles COYPEAU d'ASSOUCY):
La prison de Monsieur d'Assoucy
Paris. Published by G. Quinet, 1678.
In 18°. Contemporary full brown sheepskin binding. Ribbed spine, decorated with iron fittings and gilt fillets. Restored. 176 pages.
First edition, published in 1674, reissued with a new title page in 1678.
Ex libris by F. Chandenier, on the flyleaf.
*La Prison de M. Dassoucy* is a burlesque and autobiographical account written by the libertine musician and poet Charles Coypeau d’Assoucy in 1674. In it, he recounts his imprisonment at the Châtelet in Paris, portraying himself as the ‘Diogenes of the prison’ in order to transform his legal ordeal and misfortunes into a literary work.
Allusions to Molière
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