Lot n° 242
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DESCHAMPS (Eustache). Le Traicté de Getta et d'Amphitrion, 1 - Lot 242
DESCHAMPS (Eustache). Le Traicté de Getta et d'Amphitrion, 15th-century dialogue poem translated from Latin by Vital de Blois. Paris, Jouaust, Librairie des bibliophiles, 1872. In-2, red half-maroquin with corners, decorated spine, gilt head, untrimmed, cover (David).
First edition of this poem, an enlarged translation of a Latin poem by Vital de Blois.
The work has the merit of being "the first form in which was presented in France the subject of Amphitryon that Molière was to immortalize two centuries later" (p. VII).
Edition of 330 copies, this one of 300 on laid paper.
From the Am. Berton library (bookplate).
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