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a book opened to show a title of charles ixan old book sitting on top of a white table next to a ruler
Maître Pascal BLOUET

368 - CHÉNIER (Marie-Joseph de) *Charles IX, or The School of King…
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CHÉNIER (Marie-Joseph de) *Charles IX, or The School of Kings*, a tragedy. Paris, Printed by P. Fr. Didot the Younger, Bossange and Company; Nantes, Louis, 1790. In-8, half-basane, plain spine, gilt fillets, yellow edges (contemporary binding), 262 pp. Contemporary binding. At the beginning: a ‘Dedication to the French Nation’ (10 pp.), a ‘Preliminary Discourse’ (28 pp.), and a poem ‘To the King’ (4 pp.). The play is in five acts in verse. From p. 173 to 218, the Treatise: ‘On the Freedom of the Theatre in France’; from p. 219, ‘Letters to the Editors of the Journal de Paris’ and an ‘Epistle to the Spirit of Voltaire’
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About the sale Original comic strips and comic books, antique and modern books – Afternoon sale at 2 pm
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Auction time 09/09/2026 at 2:00 PM
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