Grandval - Le pot de chambre cassé - 1750
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Le pot de chambre cassé is a 60-page French comedy by Grandval, dating from circa 1750, in an other edition with an antique binding (approximately 17 × 10 cm) and in good condition.
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[Nicolas Ragot de Grandval]
The broken chamber pot, Tragedy for laughter, or comedy for crying, dedicated to a Inhabitant of the Other World; With a Preliminary Discourse on the excellence of new Discoveries in Poetry: Represented for the first time at Ridiculomanie, Capital of the great Kingdom of Babble, on the occasion of the Marriage of the Genius Pompon & the Fairy Clinquantine, the 12th of the Moon in Aquarius: brought to the theatre again on the 19th of the Moon of the Ecrevisse, the year 30, since the renewal of Orthography.
By Enluminé de Métaphorinville
Ridiculomanie [Paris]: Georges l'Admirateur, rue de la Raison perdue, at the Sign of the Antithesis, s.d. [ca. 1750]
60 pp
Old binding (17x10.5 cm, damaged, with a vignette on the front board); pages slightly yellowed
This burlesque and bawdy play (1st ed. 1742) was sometimes attributed to Sulpice-Edme Gaubier de Barrault, but it is more likely to be by Nicolas Ragot de Grandval. After a dedicatory Epistle in the shadow of Molière (the author of which might be P. de Morand), the author offers a Preliminary Discourse in which he gives his view of contemporary theatre, launches at the
[Nicolas Ragot de Grandval]
The broken chamber pot, Tragedy for laughter, or comedy for crying, dedicated to a Inhabitant of the Other World; With a Preliminary Discourse on the excellence of new Discoveries in Poetry: Represented for the first time at Ridiculomanie, Capital of the great Kingdom of Babble, on the occasion of the Marriage of the Genius Pompon & the Fairy Clinquantine, the 12th of the Moon in Aquarius: brought to the theatre again on the 19th of the Moon of the Ecrevisse, the year 30, since the renewal of Orthography.
By Enluminé de Métaphorinville
Ridiculomanie [Paris]: Georges l'Admirateur, rue de la Raison perdue, at the Sign of the Antithesis, s.d. [ca. 1750]
60 pp
Old binding (17x10.5 cm, damaged, with a vignette on the front board); pages slightly yellowed
This burlesque and bawdy play (1st ed. 1742) was sometimes attributed to Sulpice-Edme Gaubier de Barrault, but it is more likely to be by Nicolas Ragot de Grandval. After a dedicatory Epistle in the shadow of Molière (the author of which might be P. de Morand), the author offers a Preliminary Discourse in which he gives his view of contemporary theatre, launches at the
Details
Number of books
1
Subject
Literature
Book title
Le pot de chambre cassé
Author/ Illustrator
Grandval
Condition
Good
Publication year oldest item
1750
Height
17 cm
Edition
Other edition
Width
10 cm
Language
French
Original language
Yes
Number of pages
60
