Paul Scarron - Œuvres - 1663
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Two-volume edition of Les Œuvres de Monsieur Scarron by Paul Scarron, in French, original language, dating from 1663 (tome I) and 1697 (tome II), bound in full brown marbled morocco with gilt tooling, comprising 700 pages, each volume measuring about 16 cm by 9 cm, in Bon condition.What's the
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[SCARRON, Paul]
The Works of Monsieur Scarron. Re-edited, corrected & newly augmented. Volume One. [Followed by:] The Latest Works of Monsieur Scarron, Containing La Fausse Apparence, Comedy, Le Prince Corsaire, Tragi-Comedie. Dom Japhet d'Armenie, Comedy, Volume Two.
Printed at Rouen, and sold in Paris, at Guillaume de Luyne, sworn Bookseller, in the Palais, in the Salle des Merciers, at the Justice, 1663 [for volume I]; In Lyon, at Laurent Bachelu fils, Bookseller, new street near the Grand College, at the image of St. Joseph, 1697 [for volume II].
Two volumes in-12 bound in full brown mottled calf of the period, with spines of raised bands adorned with gilt compartments and a title piece in brown or black morocco for the first volume, showing signs of use, rubbing and losses at the heads and on the boards.
The copy opens with a copperplate frontispiece engraved in the chiaroscuro method representing the bust of Paul Scarron accompanied by Latin verses in the first volume, followed by the title page printed in red and black with an ornamental vignette, and preserves the complete texts of his burlesque plays and poems, including the famous poem Le Roy dated Rouen, 1663, as well as the Lyonnais second volume of 1697 containing his latest theatrical and comic works.
[SCARRON, Paul]
The Works of Monsieur Scarron. Re-edited, corrected & newly augmented. Volume One. [Followed by:] The Latest Works of Monsieur Scarron, Containing La Fausse Apparence, Comedy, Le Prince Corsaire, Tragi-Comedie. Dom Japhet d'Armenie, Comedy, Volume Two.
Printed at Rouen, and sold in Paris, at Guillaume de Luyne, sworn Bookseller, in the Palais, in the Salle des Merciers, at the Justice, 1663 [for volume I]; In Lyon, at Laurent Bachelu fils, Bookseller, new street near the Grand College, at the image of St. Joseph, 1697 [for volume II].
Two volumes in-12 bound in full brown mottled calf of the period, with spines of raised bands adorned with gilt compartments and a title piece in brown or black morocco for the first volume, showing signs of use, rubbing and losses at the heads and on the boards.
The copy opens with a copperplate frontispiece engraved in the chiaroscuro method representing the bust of Paul Scarron accompanied by Latin verses in the first volume, followed by the title page printed in red and black with an ornamental vignette, and preserves the complete texts of his burlesque plays and poems, including the famous poem Le Roy dated Rouen, 1663, as well as the Lyonnais second volume of 1697 containing his latest theatrical and comic works.
Details
Number of books
2
Subject
Literature
Book title
Œuvres
Author/ Illustrator
Paul Scarron
Condition
Good
Publication year oldest item
1663
Height
16 cm
Edition
Reprint
Width
9 cm
Language
French
Original language
Yes
Number of pages
700
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