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139 - QUINAULT, Philippe – *Le Théâtre de Mr.
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QUINAULT, Philippe – *Le Théâtre de Mr. Quinault*. New, expanded edition, enriched with intaglio engravings. Amsterdam, Pierre de Coup, 1715. 2 volumes in one in-12 volume, 2 frontispieces and 16 plates, half-title (frontispieces for the 16 plays in the collection), ivory vellum with flaps. The most complete collected edition, compiled in a similar manner to Schelte’s edition published in Amsterdam in 1697. The plays all have separate pagination and titles and are sometimes addressed to Antoine Schelte in Amsterdam with the ‘Quaerendo’ mark: *The Death of Cyrus* (1708) – *The Marriage of Cambyses* (1708) – The Pretender Alcibiades (1682) – The Strokes of Love and Fortune (1708) – Amalasonte (1697) – Stratonice (1708) – The Comedy without Comedy (1714) – The Enamoured Phantom (1697) – Generous Ingratitude (1697) – The Indiscreet Lover (1697) – The Rivals (1697) – Agrippa, King of Alba (1697) – Bellerophon (1688) – The Coquettish Mother (1666) – Astrate, King of Tyre (1688) – Pausanias (1697).

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About the sale The Jean Demaux Collection – Part 2

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139 - QUINAULT, Philippe – *Le Théâtre de Mr. See original version (French)

139 - QUINAULT, Philippe – *Le Théâtre de Mr.
See original version (French)