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[17TH-CENTURY THEATRE]. A collection of 16 plays.
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294
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[17TH-CENTURY THEATRE]. A collection of 16 plays.
See original version (French)
Estimate €2,000 - €3,000
Voluntary lot
Description
[17TH-CENTURY THEATRE]. A collection of 16 plays. 1) DESMARETS de SAINT-SORLIN. Roxane. Tragi-comedy. Paris, Le Gras, 1640. Quarto, ivory vellum, double gold-threaded border (contemporary binding). First edition. On
the flyleaf, the following note: ‘For Monsieur de Bautru’. Guillaume Bautru (Mayenne, 1588 – Paris, 1685), poet and agent of Richelieu, was a founder of the Académie Française.
2) DU RYER. Scévole, Tragedy. Paris, A. de Sommaville, 1647. 4to, contemporary vellum. First edition. Beautiful frontispiece.
3) BARO (Balthazar). *La Claramonde*. Paris, A. de Sommaville and Courbé, 1643. 4to, later marbled paper binding. First edition.
4) CHAULMER (Charles). La Mort de Pompée. Tragedy. Paris, A. de Sommaville, 1638. 4to, 19th-century half-shagreen. First edition. Copy belonging to Jules Couët (bookplate).
5) COLLETET (Guillaume). *Cyminde, or The Two Victims*. Tragicomedy. Paris, Courbé and A. de Sommaville, 1642. 4to, contemporary vellum. First edition.
6) COLLETET (Guillaume). Cyminde… The same work bound in 19th-century brown half-maroquin.
7) SALLEBRAY. La Troade. Tragedy. Paris, Quinet, 1640. In-4, modern vellum. First edition. Fine frontispiece by Vignon.
8) CHEVREAU (Urbain). *Les Deux amants*. Tragicomedy. Paris, Courbé, 1635. 4to, modern vellum. First edition.
9) GUÉRIN de BOUSCAL (Guyon). *Oronodate, or The Discreet Lovers*. Paris, Courbé, 1637. 4to, modern vellum. New edition; the first was published in 1645.
10) GILLET de LA TESSONNERIE. *The Death of the Great Pomédon, or the Exile of Nerée*. Tragi-comedy. Paris, Quinet, 1645. In-4, 19th-century brown half-calf.
11) GILBERT (Gabriel). *Telephonte*. Tragi-comedy. Paris, Quinet, 1643. In-4, 19th-century Bradel-style half-percaline cardboard binding. Very rare first edition. Corneille drew heavily on this play for his *Rodogune*. Soleinne 1191.
12) LA CALPRENÈDE. Edouard. Tragicomedy. Paris, Courbé, 1640. 4to, old vellum, modern slipcase.
13) GUÉRIN de BOUSCAL (Guyon). *Le Fils désadvoué ou le jugement de Théodoric Roy d’Italie*. Tragicomedy. Paris, A. de Sommaville, 1642. In-4, contemporary vellum,
modern slipcase.
14) GUÉRIN de BOUSCAL (Guyon). The Death of Cleomones, King of Sparta. Tragedy. Paris, A. de Sommaville, 1640. 4to, contemporary vellum. First edition. Ex-libris of
Jean Armand Tronchin (Minister of the Republic of Geneva to the Court of Versailles).
15) I.M.S. The Death of Roxane. Tragedy. Paris, Courbé, 1648. In-4, modern vellum. First edition. The author of this play, who signed his dedication to President Viole as I.M.S., has not been identified.
16) SCUDÉRY (Georges de). *Le Prince déguisé*. Tragicomedy. Paris, Courbé, 1636. In-8, contemporary vellum, modern slipcase. First edition. Beautiful engraved frontispiece by Michel van Lochom.
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Xavier de Planhol Library – The Origins of the Novel
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09/30/2026 at 2:00 PM
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