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437 - A collection of four 18th-century works.
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Estimate €180 - €280

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A collection of four 18th-century works. 1/ - Mellin de S.[aint] Gelais. - Poetic Works. New edition expanded to include a very large number of Latin and French pieces. Paris, n.p. [Coustelier], 1719. In-12, bound in full marbled contemporary calfskin, decorated ribbed spine, fawn-coloured title label – [6 folios, title page, dedicatory epistle to Antoine de Harsy, note to the reader on the various editions published], 271 pp.(not 275 paginated pages, due to a break in pagination from page 192 onwards), [8 pp., table of contents, privilege] – handwritten notes on the flyleaf concerning the publisher (de La Monnoye) and the printer (Coustelier). The last and most complete early edition prior to the 1873 reprint. 2/ - *La Farce de maistre Pierre Pathelinn* with his will featuring four characters. Paris, Antoine-Urbain Coustelier, 1723. In-12, bound in full marbled contemporary calfskin, with covers decorated with a triple gilt border, smooth embossed spine, title and date labels in red morocco, gilt fillet on the edges, red edges. Handwritten ex-libris of His Grace the Count of Clermont and the initials ‘L.D.B.’, which may be attributed to Louis de Bourbon-Condé, Count of Clermont (1709–1771) - restoration to the headbands, a small tear at the first headband, headbands slightly rubbed - [4 ff.; title page, note to the reader], 147 pp. The *Farce* is one of the oldest masterpieces of medieval comic theatre and is often regarded as the first comic play in French literature. 3/ - Nonnantes, Sieur de . - *L’Après-dinèe des dames de la juifverie*. Comic conversation. Nantes, N. Verger, 1722. 12mo, 19th-century cardboard binding, red title label – [2 ff. title, cast, notice], 77 pp., [4 pp. privilege]. 4/ - [Chevrier, François-Antoine]. - *Almanac for People of Wit* by a man who is no fool. Calendar for the year 1762 & the rest of one’s life: published by the author of *Le Colporteur*. Still in London at the ever-present Mr Jean Nourse’s, 1762. 12mo, contemporary full light calf, with a smooth spine finely decorated with small ‘grotesque’ ironwork – modern damp stamp on the title page, ‘M. Bourdeau’ – 119 pp., [1 p. author’s preface]. Satirical anecdotes on men of letters and contemporary society by the Lorraine writer François Antoine Chevrier (1721–1762), who is known for his scathing pamphlets

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437 - A collection of four 18th-century works. See original version (French)

437 - A collection of four 18th-century works.
See original version (French)