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270 - [17th-century FICTION]. A collection of 8 works.
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[17th-century FICTION]. A collection of 8 works. 1) [ANONYMOUS]. *L'Amour Marié, ou la Bisarrerie de l'Amour en l'estat du Mariage*. Cologne, Pierre Marteau, 1681. In-12, Jansenist red morocco (Hardy). Lever p. 44. 2) LA ROBERDIÈRE (A. F. de). Love Triumphant over Fortune, or the Adventures of Oronce and Eugénie. Amsterdam, Du Fresne, 1683. 12mo, red morocco, gilt thread binding, decorated spine, gilt interior lace, gilt edges (Hardy). Published by the same publisher under the title *L’Amant cloîtré*. Frontispiece. Lever, p. 37, does not mention any edition under this title. A fine copy from the Robert Hoe and Charles Van der Elst libraries. 3) [ANONYMOUS]. *Le Boufon de la Cour ou remède preservatif contre la Melancolie*. Paris, Barbin, 1690. In-12, brown Jansenist morocco (Kieffer). Lever 93 cites only a 1695 edition. 4) LA SERRE (Jean PUGET de). *Le Triomphe de la Verité ou le livrecurieux*. Brussels, Schoenarts, 1633. 12mo, 19th-century calf. Very rare first edition decorated with a portrait of André Fr. de Pallant. Cioranescu 55756 cites only the 1634 Paris edition. 5) [PRÉCHAC (Jean de)]. The Princess of England or the Duchess Reyne. Based on the copy printed in Paris by Barbin (Holland), 1677. 2 volumes in one in-12 volume, modern vellum. 6) [ANONYMOUS]. *La Promenade de Livry*. Paris: Barbin, 1678. 12mo, 19th-century half-calf. First part only. Lever 355. Split hinge. 7) [DUPRAT (Jean BARRIN, known as)]. *Venus in the Cloister, or The Nun in Her Nightgown*. Cologne, Durand, 1692. 12mo, contemporary calfskin. Bound together with: [ANONYMOUS]. The Happy Page. A Gallant Tale. Cologne, P. Marteau, 1691. 8) [ANONYMOUS]. The Carefree Child Entertaining his Father Roger Bontemps and his Mother Boute Tout Cuire. Villefranche, 1682. In-12, 19th-century calfskin. Plate 150. Spine of the binding partially detached.
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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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