FESTIVAL. - MOLIÈRE. The Pleasures of the... - Lot 21 - Giquello

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FESTIVAL. - MOLIÈRE. The Pleasures of the... - Lot 21 - Giquello
FESTIVAL. - MOLIÈRE. The Pleasures of the Enchanted Isle. Ring race; collation decorated with machines; comedy, mixed with dance and music [...]. Paris, De l'Imprimerie royale, 1673 [at the end: by Sébastien Mabre-Cramoisy, 1674]. - [FÉLIBIEN (André)]. Les Divertissemens de Versailles, donnés par le Roy à toute sa cour au retour de la conqueste de la Franche-Comté en l'année 1674. Paris, De l'Imprimerie royale, 1676. Together 2 works in a small volume in-folio, unbound. Important party books testifying to the splendor of Versailles during the reign of Louis XIV. The Plaisirs de l'isle enchantée had first appeared in 1664 (cf. Guibert, t. II, pp. 450-457), but the Divertissemens de Versailles are in their original edition. Incomplete plates (9 for the first work, and 6 for the second). Title of the first work dusted. Slight foxing. Staining in the inner margin of the second work and a halo along the outer margin of the last leaves.
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