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101 - AUVRAY, Jean – *La Dorinde*. A tragicomedy dedicated to the …
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AUVRAY, Jean – *La Dorinde*. A tragicomedy dedicated to the Queen. Paris, Anthoine de Sommaville, 1631. In-8, (7) ff., 162 pp., paper yellowed throughout the volume, scribbles on the flyleaf, fawn calf from the edition, double gilt thread on the covers, decorated ribbed spine, cracked, caps restored. LACHÈVRE III, 194. First edition. A Parisian playwright sometimes confused with the Rouen-based author of *Le Banquet des Muses* (1623), he is said to have been a lawyer and a friend of Du Ryer, as well as an enemy of Hardy. The plot is drawn from episodes in *L’Astrée* (Books IV and V). The rivalry between a king and his son, following a series of romantic twists and turns including the siege of a town and a duel, ends with the marriage of the prince and the heroine, both of whom are granted the king’s pardon. (Continued in:) LE HAYER DU PERRON, Pierre – *Les Heureuses Advantures*. Tragicomedy. Paris, Anthoine de Sommaville, 1633. (12) ff., 127 pp.; 61 pp. (other works). SOLEINNE I, 1109. First edition. The author, born in Alençon in 1603, served as a magistrate there and died in 1679. He was one of the first members of the Académie de Caen. Among the eulogies in the introductory pieces are verses by Georges de Scudéry. The play, which belongs to the pastoral genre, features three couples who have taken on the guise of shepherds in Sicily to escape persecution. It contains numerous plot twists, such as the identification of a prince who had been abducted by Barbary pirates and is later found to be their captain. Following this, the author added his poems on love, nature, the death of two friends, and a satire. -- PICHOU – *Les Folies de Cardenio*. Tragi-comedy. Dedicated to Monsieur de Saint-Simon. Paris, Claude Marette, 1633. (4) ff., 150 pp., including *Other Works* (pp. 125–150). LOSADA GOYA (Spanish Literature in France) no. 151. The author, born in Dijon at the end of the 16th century, was murdered around 1631. He enjoyed the patronage of Henri II, Prince of Condé. He enjoyed great success with the premiere of his plays, which depicted two episodes from *Don Quixote*: the adventures of Cardenio and Luscinda, and those of Fernando and Dorotea. These are followed by poems by Pichou, including: *Stanzas to His Eminence the Cardinal de Richelieu* - On the King’s recovery, and the English landing on the Isle of Ré whilst he was ill in the year 1627 - On the death of Théophile in the year 1626 (in his eulogy of the poet he shows himself to be cautious) - Drinking stanzas. His verses have been judged to be as harmonious as those of Racine and as vigorous as those of Corneille. — DURVAL, Jean-Gilbert – *Agarithe*. A tragicomedy dedicated to Her Ladyship the Duchess of Nemours. Paris, François Targa, 1636. (8) ff., 126 pp., (1) f. LACHÈVRE II, 275. First edition. Little is known about Durval, except that he may have been an actor, entered the service of the Duke of Nemours in 1631, and is said to have published *Discours à Cliton* at the time of the *Cid* controversy. It depicts the rivalry between a king and one of his subjects, and the various stratagems employed to divert the monarch from his passion.
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