OGER-BLANCHET
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VILLEDIEU, Mme de - Manlius. Tragi-comédie.
See original version (French)
361
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VILLEDIEU, Mme de - Manlius. Tragi-comédie.
See original version (French)
Estimate €150
Voluntary lot
Description
VILLEDIEU, Mme de - Manlius. Tragi-comédie. Paris, Gabriel Quinet, 1662. In-12, (5) ff, 75 (2) pp, light stain on last f., fawn half-chag. with corners, spine ribbed and decorated, gilt head.
First edition shared with Claude Barbin. A "gallant" transposition of an episode from Titus Livius. Torquatus, driven more by jealousy than by his sense of duty, would have his son killed if he were not touched by his son's heroism (Guichemerre p. 45).
See original version (French)
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