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Description
4 volumes: - ANONYMOUS. *La Farce de maître Pathelin*. Published with an introduction, notes and variants by P. L. Jacob, bibliophile. Paris, Librairie des Bibliophiles, 1876, in-12, 2ff.–XXII–1f.–119 pp. Bound in period midnight blue half-basane, ribbed spine, gilt head. – A simple but high-quality binding. A fine copy. Carefully printed on laid paper. - BARTHE (N.-T.). *L’amateur*. A one-act comedy in verse… preceded by a foreword by Baron Ch. Davillier. Paris, Aubry, 1870, in-12, VIII–63 pp. Brown half-maroquin, corners, finely decorated spine, gilt head, untrimmed, covers. (Lemardeley). - One of the ‘few copies’ (see colophon) on Whatman paper. It bears the number 2. Fresh and finely bound. Printed in a small run. - COLLERYE (Roger de). Œuvres de Roger de Collerye. New edition with a preface and notes by Mr Charles d’Héricault. Paris, Jannet, 1855; in-12. XXXVIII–287 pp. – 31 pp. of the publisher’s catalogue. Bound in aubergine half-maroquin, with corner pieces, a ribbed spine, compartments with gilt fillets decorated with tassels, gilt palmettes and friezes, a comb head, and trimmed edges. (Contemporary binding, imitating an antique style). - A few scattered small pinholes, a brown stain on pp. 222–223, minor defects to the binding. (Elzévirienne Library Collection). Second edition, based on one of the two known copies of the first edition of 1536. - MOREAU (Hégésippe). Unpublished works with an introduction and notes by Armand Lebailly. Etching by G. Staal. Paris, Bachelin-Deflorenne, 1867, in-12, 126 pp. – 1 folio – frontispiece. Bradel binding in ultramarine half-goatskin, corners, title running lengthwise, small gilt fleurons, gilt headband, cover preserved. (Bookbinder’s margins). – A fine copy, elegantly bound. (Collection of the French Bibliophile). First edition in volume form. (Cat. S. Goudemare ‘Petits Romantiques…’, no. 283 – Vicaire II, col. 488).
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