The Counter Impromptu of Namur. Comedy Amsterdam,... - Lot 2 - Giquello

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The Counter Impromptu of Namur. Comedy Amsterdam,... - Lot 2 - Giquello
The Counter Impromptu of Namur. Comedy Amsterdam, J. Louis de Lorme & Estienne Roger, 1696 CHARMING COPY, WITH AN UNUSUAL SUPRA-LIBRIS FIRST EDITION In-12 (132 x 71 mm). Title printed in red and black. Flower on the title page, a woodcut headband and initials COLLATION : A-C12 (without C11-12 blanks) : 68 pp. CONTENTS: A1r: title, A2r: warning, A3v: list of actors, A4: text ILLUSTRATION : 1 engraved frontispiece by Picart BINDING OF THE PERIOD. Tan calf, gilt decoration, triple fillet in frame, supra-libris in the name of "Mr. le Marquis de Bouzolz", long spine with vertical titling, red edges. PROVENANCE: Joachim-Charles-Laure de Montagu, Marquis de Bouzols (1734-1818; supra-libris on the first plate) RARITY: no copy has come up for sale in the last fifty years Small holes in the inner margin of a few leaves, angular lack in C10. Traces of old restorations to the binding BIBLIOGRAPHY: Brunet, III, col. 432
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