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137 - COLARDEAU (Charles-Pierre). Plays and other works.
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COLARDEAU (Charles-Pierre). Plays and other works. Paris, Cailleau, 1784, 2 volumes in-8, 2ff.–LXXIIpp.–184pp.–VIIpp.–pp. 187–344–1f. erroneously paginated as 350–1f. – 2ff.–493pp.–2ff.– 12 plates. Red morocco, triple gilt fillet binding, smooth spines adorned with green title labels, fillets and scrolls forming panels and a plinth of tails, corner fleurons, central ‘rocaille’ fleurons. Gilt inner scroll, fillets on the edges. Gilt edges. (Contemporary bindings). – A fine copy, well bound. However, a few leaves are very slightly yellowed and there is a small loss to one upper cap. A reprint of the Ballard, Le Jay edition, 1779 (described by Cohen, 246), with new title pages. An engraved portrait after Voiriot and 11 illustrations by Monnet, engraved by Legrand, Mathieu, Baquoy, etc. A biography of Colardeau, by Jabineau de La Voute, opens this collected edition, followed by La Harpe’s eulogy, Marmontel’s reply, and Dorat’s epistle. Contains *Astarbé*; *Caliste*; *Les perfidies à la mode*; *Lettre amoureuse d’Héloïse à Abailard*; *Armide à Renaud*; *Le patriotisme*; *Epître à Minette*; *Ode sur la poésie*... ; translations of Young’s *Nights* and *The Temple of Gnide*; an epistle to Duhamel by Denainvilliers; *The Men of Prometheus*; and miscellaneous pieces.
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