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286 - REPRINTS OF 17th-CENTURY TEXTS.
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REPRINTS OF 17th-CENTURY TEXTS. A collection of 15 reprints produced in the 19th or early 20th century, comprising 17th-century rarities: jests, pranks, poems, etc. 1) GAULTIER-GARGUILLE. *Le Tracas de la Foire du Pré*, a Norman jest attributed to Gaultier-Garguille, with commentary by Épiphane Sidredoulx. Turin, Gay et fils, 1869. 8vo, later brown half-shagreen, untrimmed, gilt head. Printed in a run of 100 copies. 2) *La Journée des Madrigaux* followed by *La Gazette de Tendre* (with a map of Tendre) and *Le Carnaval des Prétieuses*. Introduction by É. Colombey. Paris, Aubry, 1856. In-12, publisher’s cloth, untrimmed. 1 folding plate (map of Tendre). A few foxing spots. 3) [MOLIÈRE]. A narrative in prose and verse of *La Farce des Précieuses* by Mademoiselle Des Jardins, followed by *La Déroute des Précieuses*, a masquerade. With a note by the bibliophile Jacob [P. Lacroix]. Paris, Jouaust, Librairie des Bibliophiles, 1879. 12mo, paperback. 4) COTIN (the Abbé). *La Satyre des satyres* and an impartial critique of the satires of the day, with a note by the Bibliophile Jacob [P. Lacroix]. Paris, Jouaust, Librairie des Bibliophiles, 1879. 12mo, paperback. Autographed copy sent by Paul Lacroix to Baron Pichon. 5) AUBIGNÉ (Agrippa d’). *L’Enfer*, a satire “in the style of Sancy”, published for the first time from the manuscript... with an introduction... by Ch. Read. Paris, Libr. des Bibliophiles, 1873. In-12, modern brown half-chagrin. 6) LE MIROIR des Prestres et Religieuse personnes fournissant l’Entretien spirituel durant la Sainte Messe. Paris, Gruel, undated. In-12, brown shagreen, crowned initial in gold on the cover, framed with triple gilt fillets, plain decorated spine, interior lace trim, gilt edges (publisher’s binding). A fine reprint of a work originally published in Paris and Rouen in the 17th century. Illustrated with 35 woodcuts opposite the text. 7) *Le Sandrin* or *Verd Galand*, in which the pleasures of rustic life are naively described. Brussels, Mertens, 1863. In-12, brown half-shagreen, decorated ribbed spine. Reproduction of a text first published in Paris by A. Du Brueil in 1609. Beautiful ornamentation and vignettes within the text. A copy from Paul Lacroix. 8) LES PLAISANTES JOURNÉES by Sieur Favoral: tales and facetious discourses... Geneva, Gay, 1868. In-12, later black half-shagreen, with a cover. A reprint of a text published in Paris by Jean Corrozet in 1615. One of 96 copies printed on Dutch paper. 9) [MOLIÈRE – VILLIERS]. *La Vengeance des marquis ou Réponse à l’Impromptu de Versailles*, a comedy in prose... Turin, Gay et fils, 1869. In-12, orange Bradel cloth. 10) LES AMOURS FOLASTRES et récréatives du Filou et de Robinette. Reprint of the 1629 text... Paris, Gay, 1862. In-12, half-shagreen on the back. 11) THE INNOCENT ABDUCTION or the clandestine retreat of His Lordship the Prince with Her Ladyship the Princess, his wife, from France, 1609–10, including itineraries and events encountered along the way by Claude-Enoch Virey... Published from the manuscript... by E. Halphen. Paris, Aubry, 1859. 12mo, contemporary red half-shagreen. One of 276 copies on laid paper. Ex-libris of G. du Plessis and P. de La Morandière. 12) URFÉ (H.) *The Very True Maxims of Messire H. d’Urfé, newly drawn from *L’Astrée* by Hugues Vaganay*. Lyon, Lardanchet, 1913; 12mo, modern Bradel-style cardboard binding. 13) SARASIN (François). Poems, expanded with new documents and unpublished pieces, published with introductions, prefaces and notes by Octave Uzanne. Paris, Libr. des Bibliophiles, 1877. Small 8vo, lemon-coloured half-maroquin with corner pieces, double gilt fillets, ribbed spine decorated with panels and fleurons, gilt head, untrimmed. Portrait after Nanteuil as frontispiece. 14) L’AMOUR EN FUREUR or The Excesses of Italian Jealousy... Paris, G. Davois, 1914; 12mo, marbled calfskin, ribbed spine decorated, 18th-century pastiche binding (Canape). Reprint of a novel from 1684. 15) LETTERS FROM THE COUNT OF AVAUX to Voiture, followed by unpublished pieces... edited by Amédée Roux. Paris, Aug. Durand, 1858. In-8, half-blond calfskin, gilt fillets, decorated ribbed spine (contemporary binding).
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