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58 - LA CALPRENÈDE (Gautier de COSTE).
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LA CALPRENÈDE (Gautier de COSTE). Cassandra. Paris, Antoine de Sommaville, Augustin Courbé, Toussaint Quinet and the widow of Nicolas de Sercy, 1648–1653–1654–1657–1653–1650–1651. 10 volumes in-8, midnight blue morocco, gilt fillet binding, coats of arms on the covers, spines decorated with small metal fillets, red edges (late 17th-century binding). 8 ff. (including the frontispiece dated 1642), 426 pp. – Title page dated 1653, 470 pp. – Title page dated 1654, 472 pp. – Title page dated 1647, pp. 467–999 – Title page dated 1653, 6 ff. (epistle) 554 pp., 3 ff. of the privilege – 574 pp. (including the title page dated 1653), 1 folio of privilege – 7 folios (title page dated 1650, dedication and privilege), 645 pp. – 3 folios (title page dated 1650 and privilege), 648 pp. – 632 pp. (including the frontispiece and the title page dated 1650) – Title page dated 1651, 4 pp. of the licence, 1 f. blank, pp. 633 to 1213.   *Cassandre*, a model of the heroic and gallant genre, was one of the most famous *précieux* novels of its time. It stands between d’Urfé’s *L’Astrée* and Madeleine de Scudéry’s *Le Grand Cyrus*. A copy bound with the coat of arms of the Countess of Verrue. Olivier pl. 799. Like most known copies, this one is a compilation of various editions. It contains only two frontispieces and no illustrations.  Some signs of wear. The title page of volume 8 has been reattached. From the library of Henri Cherrier, bibliographer to Mathurin Régnier, with bookplate. The copy is listed in the Countess de Verrue’s Catalogue of 1737, p. 96, no. 23.
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About the sale Xavier de Planhol Library – The Origins of the Novel
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Auction time 09/30/2026 at 2:00 PM
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