THEATER OF VARIOUS AUTHORS. Paris, Pierre Ribou, 1704. Colle - Lot 91

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THEATER OF VARIOUS AUTHORS. Paris, Pierre Ribou, 1704. Colle - Lot 91
THEATER OF VARIOUS AUTHORS. Paris, Pierre Ribou, 1704. Collection of 5 works in one volume in-12, black morocco, cold fillet, gilt coat of arms in the center, ornate spine, red title-piece, repeated numeral, interior roulette, gilt edges (Binding of the period). Collection preceded by a particular title containing the following 5 plays, each with its own title and separate pagination: ROTROU. Venceslas. Tragi-comedy. Paris, Pierre Ribou, 1698. - PADER D'ASSEZAM]. Agamemnon. Tragedy. Paris, Théodore Girard, 1680. - BERNARD (Catherine)]. Brutus. Tragedy. Paris, Veuve Louis Gontier, 1691. - DU RYER. Scévole. Tragedy. Paris, Christophe David, 1688. - QUINAULT. Astrate, king of Tyre. Tragedy. Paris, Pierre Ribou, 1704. An attractive volume, with the arms and cypher of Louis-César de Crémeaux, marquis d'Entragues (1679-1747), lieutenant general in the government of Mâconnais and fervent bibliophile of his time. His engraved armorial bookplate is glued to the upper flyleaf. From the libraries of Arthur Dinaux, with a handwritten note on a guard (Pierre Ribou was the Barba of the end of the reign of Louis XIV. He printed the dramatic novelties of his time [...] [and] formed dummy collections to which he added a title of his own; this is what happened to the present volume...), Count de Lignerolles (1894, n°1559) and Professor Jacques Millot (1975, n°397). The general title page is a little short laterally.
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