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296 - [THEATRE]. A collection of 14 period plays from the Revoluti…
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[THEATRE]. A collection of 14 period plays from the Revolution and the Empire. A set of 10 in-8 volumes in modern bindings. COLLOT D’HERBOIS. *Les Porte-feuilles*: A comedy in two acts, in prose. Avignon, Garrigan, 1791; 19th-century light-coloured half-calf with corner pieces. – LE GRAND. Louis XIV and the Man in the Iron Mask, or The Twin Princes: A tragedy in five acts in verse. Paris, Limodin; Avignon, Garrigan, 1792; modern black half-box binding. – LEMERCIER (Louis). Isule and Orovèse; a tragedy in five acts. Paris, Barba, Year XI–1803; modern half-parchment Bradel binding (A. Duvat). – BERNARD. M. Giraffe, or The Death of the Polar Bear, a one-act vaudeville. Paris, Cavanagh, 1807; modern half-parchment Bradel binding (A. Duvat). – MONVEL. Mathilde, a drama in prose... Paris, Hautbout-Dumoulin, Year 7 (1799); modern half-parchment Bradel binding (A. Duvat). – MONVEL. The Fearless and Blameless Knight, or The Loves of Bayard, a heroic comedy in four acts. Paris, Year VI (1798); modern half-parchment Bradel binding (A. Duvat) – MONVEL. *Sargines, or The Pupil of Love*, a comedy in four acts... music by M. d’Alayrac. Avignon, Garrigan, 1790; modern half-parchment Bradel binding (A. Duvat). – NEUCHATEAU (F. de). *Paméla, or Virtue Rewarded*... Avignon, the Bonnet brothers, Year V (1797); modern half-parchment Bradel binding (A. Duvat) – CAIGNIEZ. *Richardet et Bradamante*, a melodrama in three acts... Paris, Barba, Year XIII (1805); modern half-parchment Bradel binding (A. Duvat). – DORVIGNY – COLLECTION of 5 plays in 1 vol., Bradel binding, modern half-vellum: Janot at Dégraisseur’s. no place, no date. – Ça n’en est pas, a comedy based on a proverb. No place, no date. – L’Avocat chansonnier, or ‘He who counts without his host counts twice’.... No place, no date. – Les fausses consultations, a comedy... Paris, Cailleau, 1781 – Christophe Le Rond... London and Paris, Cailleau, 1782 –
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Auction time 09/30/2026 at 2:00 PM
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