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OGER-BLANCHET

113 - CORNEILLE, Pierre, François de BOISROBERT, Jean de ROTROU, G…
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CORNEILLE, Pierre, François de BOISROBERT, Jean de ROTROU, Guillaume COLLETET and Claude de L'ESTOILE] – *L'Aveugle de Smyrne*. No place, no date (Paris: Augustin Courbé, 1638). Small 12mo (24mo), frontispiece, (2) folios, 92 pp., printed in small type, frontispiece engraved on copper by Daret, after Charles Le Brun, brown calfskin, thread-bound. gilded on the covers, decorated ribbed spine, gilded edges. PICOT no. 94. First edition in this small format, published in the same year as the original in-4. One of the comedies, a collective work by the ‘Five Authors’ whom Richelieu had set to work under his direction: Boisrobert, Colletet, Corneille, L’Estoile and Rotrou. These authors divided up the acts of the plays for which the Cardinal had drawn up the outlines. However, Corneille’s involvement in *L’Aveugle de Smyrne* appears doubtful.
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About the sale The Jean Demaux Collection – Part 2
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Auction time 09/16/2026 at 2:00 PM
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