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1738979F40London: T. Astley 1738 . First edition. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 7" by 4.5". None. A wonderful example of the very scarce first English language edition of Antoine de La Barre de Beaumarchais's retelling of the Greek myths to be published in England. The vanishingly scarce first English language translation of this work to be published in England. This English language translation was first published in Amsterdam in 1733. While the Amsterdam edition was illustrated throughout with Picard's engravings our first England edition was issued without illustrations.The text discusses classical fables and myths such as those found in Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'. Based on an earlier work by Abbé de Marolles Antoine de La Barre de Beaumarchais discusses tales of heroes and gods such as the myths of Sisyphus Andromeda Hercules and the Hydra and Phaeton's Fall.ESTC T90860With the register: a12 b8 B1-5 B4-10 C-O12 P6 Q6. Collated complete. Despite the irregularity in register to gathering B the pagination and catchwords run correctly.Rebacked retaining original endpapers.With the contemporary bookplate of W. Dodd to the front pastedown and a contemporary 1738 former owner's inscription to the front free endpaper. With a 1997 inscription to the head of the front pastedown.A fascinating detailed and very scarce analysis and retelling of classical mythology. Rebacked retaining the original calf boards and endpapers. Externally excellent with minor rubbing to front board fore edge. Bookplate to front pastedown with former owner's inscription to front pastedown head. Contemporary inscription to front free endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Pages a touch age toned due to paper type but generally clean with light spotting to first and last few leaves. Very Good Indeed T. Astley hardcover
1733B5643Amsterdam: Printed for Zachariah Chatelain c. 1733. Corners slightly bumped occasional faint browning; faint dampstains to blank margins of final plate and final few leaves; otherwise text and plates clean and crisp; a bright near fine copy in full contemporary mottled calf. Edition: First Edition in English Binding: Contemporary mottled calf seven raised bands with gilt morocco title on two and elaborate floral gilt design on remaining compartments; edges marbled. Notes: First Edition in English; published the same year as the French edition. Illustrated with Picart’s magnificent engravings each within an ornate border depicting fables of the ancient world many from Ovid. The text is by Antoine de La Barre de Beaumarchais. Size: Folio 297x468mm. Illustration: Illustrated with additional engraved allegorical title-page dated 1732 by B. Picart red- black title with printer’s device dated 1729 and 60 full-page plates captioned in French English German and Dutch engraved by Picart; tail pieces and rubricated initials. References: Reference Cohen de- Ricci 531; Brunet V 696 Pages: Half title blind illustrated title blind title blind preface xxii contents xxiii-xxiv 153 with 60 plates index and advertisement 3. Category: Book Plate Books General; Book Antiquities Printed for Zachariah Chatelain hardcover
17335282Amsterdam: Zacharias Chatelain 1733. Contemporary gold-tooled calf by the Three Acorn Bindery sewn on 7 supports with the corresponding raised bands on the spine a red morocco title label on the spine lettered in gold both boards are richly gold-tooled in a panel design with a central ornament mottled and sprinkled panels of varying density separated by vegetal borders. Further with gold-tooled board edges and blue mottled page edges. Large folio. With an engraved frontispiece an engraved vignette on the title page the title printed in red and black a large armorial head-piece for the dedication and 60 full-page engraved plates by Bernard Picart. Large-paper copy of the first Dutch edition of a beautifully illustrated explanation of the classical fables sumptuously bound by the Three Acorn Bindery in Amsterdam fl. ca. 1756-1780/1806. Each chapter is dedicated to a single fable. It contains a Latin quotation from the original source primarily from Ovid but also Seneca Martial Lucan and Horace followed by a Dutch prose account of the fable an explanation of its meaning and scholarly notes. The 60 fine plates were designed and engraved by Bernard Picart 1673-1733 and his pupils. These engravings framed by elaborate rococo borders populated with scrollwork and mythological creatures not only represent Picarts final works but also his finest.The inspiration for the collection comes from Michel de Marolles' Tableaux du Temple des Muses 1655 but the texts were newly written for the present edition by Antoine de la Barre de Beaumarchais. The plates include a brief caption in French Dutch English and German likely so that they could be reused as Chatelain published editions in all four languages simultaneously. The French and German translations were published a second time in 1749 and 1754 respectively.The binding shows minor traces of use. The text leaves are somewhat browned and foxed but the plates are clean. Otherwise a fine large-paper copy in good condition.l Cat. Rijksmuseum Amst. I p. 170; STCN 182996409; cf. Cohen-De Ricci col. 531 French ed.; Storm van Leeuwen Dutch decorated bookbindings vol. I pp. 599-612 for the bindery and vol. III L358 for this binding. Zacharias Chatelain, hardcover
1797Beaumarchais3<p><strong>BEAUMARCHAIS de Pierre-Augustin Caron 1732-1799</strong></p><p>Autograph letter signed " Beaumarchais " to Citizen Pierre-Charles-Louis Baudin<br />N.p " ce 15 floréal " 4th May 1797 1 p. small in-8°<br />Apostille " Répondu le 18 floréal " from the hand of Pierre-Charles-Louis Baudin<br />One word "Monsieur" crossed off by Beaumarchais</p><p><strong>Quoting Voltaire Beaumarchais sent his correspondent <em>La Mère coupable</em> the third part of his <em>Figaro Trilogy</em></strong></p><p><em>" Vous Souvient il Monsieur de ces quatre vers de Voltaire à un Evèque <br />–<br /><strong>Vous m'envoyés un mandement.<br />Recevés une tragédie.<br />Et qu'ainsi mutuellement<br />Nous nous donnions la comédie !<br /></strong>–<br />Souffrés que je vous dise : Vous m'envoyés des choses aussi bien faites qu'importantes à la République ; <strong>Et moi homme inutile ! Je vous prie d'accepter les rèveries de mon bonnet.<br /></strong>Je n'entends point m'acquiter auvers vous ; mais seulement vous engager a vous contenter de ma part de ce léger tribut d'une vive reconnaissance.<br />Beaumarchais<br />ce 15 floréal "</em><br /><em>" Rep. Le 18 "</em></p><p>This letter is part of a sequence of epistolary exchanges between Beaumarchais and Pierre-Charles-Louis Baudin. We know Baudin's reply to the "18 floréal" as indicated by him in the lower margin: "My political abortions cannot become the equivalent of your dramatic work. As I read it with avidity I perfectly felt how necessary Susanne's bottle was. Your Irishman suffocates me … however observed that on the one hand political fanaticism as well as religious fanaticism explains many facts which seem to exceed the known measure of human wickedness; that on the other hand what we have seen that is most atrocious most revolting and above all most disgusting had a character of brutal frankness whereas in your Tartuffe it is a question of a refinement of hipocrite blackness so managed spun with so much art … ". <em>Beaumarchais et le Courrier de l'Europe</em>. Ed. Gunnar & Mavis von Proschwitz. <em>Studies on Voltaire and the Eighteenth Century</em>. Oxford : The Voltaire Foundation 1990 ; p. 1173-1174 n°628.</p><p>When Baudin evokes the characters "Irish" Bégearss "Suzanne" Figaro's wife and more broadly the praise he makes of the theatrical drama of his correspondent we understand that the text sent by Beaumarchais is the third part of his <em>Spanish</em> Figaro <em>trilogy</em>: <em>The</em> <em>Guilty Mother</em>.<br />The play performed on 26 June 1792 at the Théâtre du Marais was a failure. The revival at the Théâtre de la rue Feydeau on 16 Floréal of the year V 5 May 1797 that is to say the day after this letter was this time crowned with great success. The play represents the third part of the Figaro trilogy after<em> The Barber of Seville</em> 1775 and <em>The Marriage of Figaro</em> 1778. Beaumarchais himself wrote a notice to comment on this third and final act: "After having laughed at the Barber of Seville at the turbulent youth of Count Almaviva after having gaily considered in the Mad Day <em>The Marriage of Figaro</em> the faults of his virile age come and convince yourself by the picture of his old age that every man who is not born a dreadful villain always ends up being good. "</p><p>Although no letter between Voltaire and Beaumarchais has come down to us today we nevertheless know the esteem in which they were held. In his book<em> Voltaire's Kehl Edition</em>. <em>L'édition Kehl de Voltaire. Une aventure éditoriale et littéraire au tournant des Lumières</em> Linda Gil explains that "Their relationship is built on mutual admiration. Beaumarchais read Voltaire and admired his works. His own writing is often influenced by the style of the philosopher. As for Voltaire "he cites Beaumarchais as an example to D'Alembert he compares himself to him. A good part of his correspondence from the first months of 1774 is occupied with it."</p><p><u>Provenance:</u><br />Vente Cornuau 25-26 mai 1934<br />A. Guichard Collection</p><p><u>Bibliography:</u><br />" Chroniques " <em>Revue d'histoire littéraire de la France</em> 42e année n°1 1935 p. 148 transcription partielle – Linda Gil<em> L'édition Kehl de Voltaire</em>.<em> Une aventure éditoriale et littéraire au tournant des Lumières</em> Honoré Champion Paris 2018 t. 1 p. 573-576 – <em>Inventaire numérique de la correspondance de Beaumarchais</em> Linda Gil dir. Humanum/IRCL IDC24</p>
178486383Kehl Baden: Imprimerie de la Société Littéraire-Typographique 1784. Leather Bound. Very Good. L 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. Leather Bound. Condition: Very Good. Imprimerie de la Société Littéraire-Typographique Kehl Baden 1784. In French. Famous first posthumous collected edition of Voltaire's 1694-1778 works known as the 'Kehl Voltaire' produced by Beaumarchais who created a print foundry at Kehl to carry out this great work. Set contains 69 of the 70 Volume 8vo edition smaller 12mo 90 volume edition was also produced. Volume 23 Histoire de Charles XII missing. Volumes 10 and 27 printed 1784 summary volume 70 printed 1789 all other volumes printed 1785. Uniform 18th century calf full brown leather. Spines decorated in gold floral designs titles volume numbers within 6 boxed compartments. Boards have a natural brown mottled leather finish slanted gold lines on the narrow board edges. All page ends stained a very light yellow finely bespeckled with green. Green silk reading ribbons. Moderate wear of leather at spine tops light stress wear along exterior leather hinges some boards show minor leather loss at edges. All interior hinges firm untorn. Volume 20 upper rear board tip charred. Otherwise no volume damaged or repaired uniform light general wear. Only endpapers show browned bands along margins from pasted endpaper glue chemistry. Volumes 1 to 69 containing all the works and massive correspondences of Voltaire. Volume 70 contains Condorcet's Life of Voltaire and Condorcet's 'Memoires' of Voltaire index and 'Additions et Corrections' to the 70 volumes. Volume 1 frontispiece engraving of Voltaire by Moreau.; Volume 10 frontispiece engraving of Henry IV; Volume 16 frontispiece portrait of Voltaire; Volume 24 frontispiece engraving military map camp plan; Volume 31 14 engraved plates of scientific diagrams. Provenance: Each volume has the small ink stamp 'William H. Floyd Collection No.' on the rear of the title page. Floyd was a late 19th century American antiquarian collector. The numbering sequence 5098-5166 shows that volume 23 was missing even when cataloged by Floyd. Size: L 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. A major cultural event of the last decade of the ancien regime a beautiful monument to Voltaire the greatest man that literature had produced. Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais led a controversial life. Playwright The Marriage of Figaro politician publisher entrepreneur spy supplier of munitions for the American Revolution and an early champion of the rights of artists and intellectual property. Shortly after the death of Voltaire in 1778 Beaumarchais set out to publish Voltaire's complete works many of which were banned in France and vehemently condemned by the Church. Royal letters would be censored by Frederick II of Germany Catharine II of Russia and others. He bought the rights to most of Voltaire's many manuscripts from publisher Charles-Joseph Panckoucke in 1779. To evade censorship printing presses were set up in the small neutral independant state of Baden at Kehl. Beaumarchais bought with exclusivity the complete foundry of the famous English type designer John Baskerville for the Societe Litteraire Typographique an organization he established to produce editions in which he was interested. Three paper mills were purchased. Seventy volumes were published between 1783 to 1790. While the venture proved a financial failure Beaumarchais was instrumental in preserving many of Voltaire's later works which otherwise might have been lost. The Kehl edition was banned on French territory until 1789. Baskerville font was revived by Americans in the 20th century. Voltaire Kehl Condorcet Pierre Beaumarchais Charles-Joseph Panckoucke RBR4 RBR4 Imprimerie de la Société Littéraire-Typographique hardcover
1779801801779. BEAUMARCHAIS Pierre-Augustin Caron de. Observations sur le Memoire Justificatif de la Cour de Londres. A Londres a Philadelphie 1779. 56pp. Modern unprinted wrappers. Minor soiling to title page and final page early owner's name on titlepage else a near fine copy. HOWES B-289 "aa." Sabin 4182. Goldsmiths 11907. Bell B129. A reply to Edward Gibbon's Memoire Justificatif. not to be confused with de Rayneval's response of the same name. "This work by the famous playwright was part of the pamphlet war that flared over French support of the Americans in the Revolution" Bell. Beaumarchais who wrote the libretti of The Barber of Seville and The Marriage of Figaro was an avid supporter of the colonists' plight and had been instrumental in obtaining and transporting arms and ammunition to the Americans under the firm name of Roderigue Hortalez & Co. Later however there was some confusion about whether the supplies were gifts from the French government and Beaumarchais was never properly compensated. His heirs were finally paid $800000 in 1835 only a portion of the actual amount owed him. This present pamphlet is a justification of French policy during the American Revolution and an account of French and American grievances against Great Britain. According to Streeter this "represents the first diplomatic approach to the international problem of the recognition of neutrals of seceded colonies and revolutionary governments"-- Streeter Sale 797. unknown
1779801961779. BEAUMARCHAIS Pierre-Augustin Caron de. Observations sur le Memoire Justificatif de la Cour de Londres. A Londres a Philadelphie 1779. 56pp. A very good copy in later patterned cloth boards with a leather spine label. HOWES B-289 "aa." Sabin 4182. Goldsmiths 11907. Bell B129. A reply to Edward Gibbon's Memoire Justificatif. not to be confused with de Rayneval's response of the same name. "This work by the famous playwright was part of the pamphlet war that flared over French support of the Americans in the Revolution" Bell. Beaumarchais who wrote the libretti of The Barber of Seville and The Marriage of Figaro was an avid supporter of the colonists' plight and had been instrumental in obtaining and transporting arms and ammunition to the Americans under the firm name of Roderigue Hortalez & Co. Later however there was some confusion about whether the supplies were gifts from the French government and Beaumarchais was never properly compensated. His heirs were finally paid $800000 in 1835 only a portion of the actual amount owed him. This present pamphlet is a justification of French policy during the American Revolution and an account of French and American grievances against Great Britain. According to Streeter this "represents the first diplomatic approach to the international problem of the recognition of neutrals of seceded colonies and revolutionary governments"--Streeter Sale 797. unknown
178738070Paris: Imprimerie Polytype 1787. First and only edition of this document relating to the Kornman-Bergasse affair the best-known of Beaumarchais' legal intrigues. 42 pp. 4to. UNCUT AND STITCHED AS ISSUED WITH HUGE MARGINS. FINE AND BRIGHT. Morton & Spinelli 1057. RARE. <br/><br/> Imprimerie Polytype unknown
177989093London Philadelphia: Sans nom d'éditeur 1779. Fine. Sans nom d'éditeur London Philadelphia 1779 12.5 x 19.5 cm Relié First edition of great rarity cf. Sabin 4182.Bradel-style binding in full orange paper-covered boards with a brown shagreen spine label; modern binding.A very good copy.A vindication of Frances conduct during the uprising of the British colonies in America. Sans nom d'éditeur hardcover
177380435à Paris: Chez Ruault 1773. Fine. First edition of Beaumarchaiss famous memoirs against Judge Goezman Chez Ruault à Paris 1773 - 1776 19 x 25 cm In-4 relié First edition of this complete collection including the portrait of Cochin as frontispiece. Some of the memoirs had appeared in 1773 but the collected edition that brings them all together is indeed dated 1774; certain pieces are dated 1773 as they were added after the title page bearing the 1774 date. Although the pagination varies the collection contains only one general title page; some memoirs have half-titles others do not. Contents of the collection: Mémoires de M. Caron de Beaumarchais contre M. Goezman Supplément au mémoire à consulter Addition au Supplément du mémoire à consulter Requeste d'atténuation pour le Sr Caron de Beaumarchais Quatrième mémoire à consulter Suite de la justification du Sieur de Beaumarchais Mémoire pour Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais Réponse ingénue de Beaumarchais à la consultation injurieuse que le Comte de la Blache a répandu dans Aix Le tartare à la légion this piece is rare and is found in very few collections. Contemporary full speckled calf binding. Spine with gilt decorative tooling gilt fillets at head and foot. Brown morocco label. Blue mottled edges. Rubbing to joints. A good fresh copy with some gatherings slightly toned. Bookplate of J. B. Regnault avocat. Between 1773 and 1776 Beaumarchais published several memoirs in which he staged his own legal battle he had chosen to represent himself. These four memoirs blending dialogues and interrogations captivated all of Parisincluding Madame Du Barryand were performed in cafés and along the boulevards. They read like a brilliant comedy in which deception is ultimately unmasked. Beaumarchais was eventually acquitted in the case that opposed him to Judge Goezman who had been the reporting magistrate in the Paris-Duverney inheritance case that had brought Beaumarchais to financial ruin and public disgrace. In turn Beaumarchais accused Goezman of corruption while Goezman countered with charges of defamation and attempted bribery. Judge Goezman ultimately came to symbolize the corruption of the new Parliament established by Louis XV and the arbitrariness of the justice system. Chez Ruault unknown
178738067Paris 1787. FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST SHOT FIRED IN THE KORNMAN-BERGASSE AFFAIR THE BEST-KNOWN LEGAL INTRIGUE INVOLVING BEAUMARCHAIS. 112 lxvii pp. 4to. STITCHED AN UNBOUND AS ISSUED. Minimal wear but a PRISTINE COPY WITH FULL MARGINS. Morton & Spinelli 1017. RARE. <br/><br/> unknown
178738066Paris: Clousier Imprimeur du Roi 1787. FIRST EDITION of this important work by Beaumarchais relating to the Kornman-Bergasse affair. 4to. STITCHED AN UNBOUND AS ISSUED. Minimal wear but a PRISTINE COPY WITH FULL MARGINS. Morton & Spinelli 1022. RARE. <br/><br/> Clousier, Imprimeur du Roi unknown
177594511775. S.l. s.ÂŽ. 1775. 3 parties reliÂŽes en 1 vol. in-12 167 x 98 mm de 1 f. n.fol. et 120 pp. ; 34 pp. ; xx - 165 pp. 1 planche dÂŽpliante 1 f. bl. et 2 ff. n.fol. Reliure de l'ÂŽpoque de demi-basane marbrÂŽe brune dos lisse ornÂŽ de doubles filets gras dorÂŽsfilets verticaux dorÂŽs filets sinuso•daux en pointillÂŽs dorÂŽs fleurons figuratifs dorÂŽs piÂce de titre de maroquin cerise supra ex-libris dorÂŽ en queue toutes tranches rouges. RÂŽunion de 3 MÂŽmoires rÂŽdigÂŽs par Beaumarchais tÂŽmoignant de sa vÂŽhÂŽmente opposition ˆ La Blache. Les annÂŽes 1770-1773 sont pour Beaumarchais des annÂŽes de procÂs et de dÂŽfaveur: outre ses dÂŽmÂlÂŽs avec le comte de la Blache il est occupÂŽ par la succession testamentaire de Joseph P‰ris Duverney qui va entra”ner lÕaffaire Go‘zman. Il y manifeste un art consommÂŽ des factums allant jusquՈ renouveler le genre mais il y perd sa fortune ses alliÂŽs et ses droits civiques. ÇLe 17 juillet 1770 le financier P‰ris-Duverney meurt et les dispositions quÕil a prises dans son testament en faveur de Beaumarchais sont contestÂŽes par le comte de La Blache son lÂŽgataire universel. Un procÂs sÕensuit et les biens de Beaumarchais sont finalement saisis lorsquÕen 1773 il publie ˆ propos des agissements du rapporteur ˆ son procÂs le juge Go‘zman quatre mÂŽmoires dont lÕesprit et la dialectique ont un retentissement considÂŽrable et font condamner le juge le 26 fÂŽvrier 1774.È Michaud Cioranescu I Bibliographie de la littÂŽrature franÂaise du XVIIIÂme 10409 pour une ÂŽdition in-4. Coiffe infÂŽrieure arasÂŽe. Petites marques d'usage affectant la reliure. Premier MÂŽmoire parfois un peu court de marge et dont la page de titre est absente. Quelques rousseurs ou feuillet s brunis. Du reste belle condition. b42961 unknown
177352614Paris: Imprimerie de Valleyre 1773. Fine. Imprimerie de Valleyre Paris 1773 20 x 25.50 cm relié Collection of 4 memoirs and two documents from the legal case that opposed Beaumarchais to Judge Goezman. Details: Memoire à consulter pour Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais. Imprimerie de Valleyre. 1773. Paris. Supplément au mémoire à consulter. Imprimerie de Quillau. 1773. Paris. Addition au supplément du mémoire à consulter. Imprimerie de Clousier. Paris. Requête d'attenuation pour le Sr Caron de Beaumarchais. Imprimerie de Knapen. 1773. Paris. Quatrième mémoire à consulter. Imprimerie de Clousier. 1774. Paris. Arrest de la cour du Parlement du 26 février 1774. Chez P.G. Simon. 1774. Paris. Early 20th-century half vellum binding. Smooth spine with handwritten title. Marbled paper boards. Some manuscript notes in margins of certain leaves. Foxing and marginal dampstaining to right corner of the Addition au supplément. Overall paper more or less yellowed. From 1773 to 1774 Beaumarchais published 4 memoirs in which he dramatized his legal adventure one can see that he had chosen to represent himself. These 4 memoirs which blend dialogues and interrogations entertained all of Paris even Madame Du Barry and were performed everywhere in cafés and on the boulevards as they constitute a formidable comedy in which lies are ultimately revealed. Beaumarchais was indeed acquitted in the case that opposed him to Judge Goezman; the latter was the reporting judge in his trial regarding the Paris-Duverney inheritance which ruined and dishonored the author. Beaumarchais accused Goezman of corruption and the judge in turn accused Beaumarchais of defamation and attempted corruption. Judge Goezman constitutes above all a symbol of the corruption of the new Parliament erected by Louis XV and of the arbitrariness of justice. Imprimerie de Valleyre hardcover
1774318607Paris 1774. unbound. very good. 499 pages. Very thick short 8vo contemporary patterned paper wrappers with manuscript title on spine label rather worn along spine much paper loss but still very firmly sewn; deckle edges. Paris: 1774. Early reprint. A very good copy -- small contemporary ownership signature on title else clean.<br/> <br/> originally published in 1773 this is an early reprint from 1774 without listed publisher.<br/> <br/> unknown
1775AQ21599Paris: s.n. 1775. 499pp 1. Bound with: BEAUMARCHAIS Pierre-Augustin Caron de. Memoire pour Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais. Paris. s.n. 1775. xiv 1 16-143pp 1. 12mo. Contemporary speckled calf morocco lettering-piece spine richly gilt. Rubbed chipping to lettering-piece loss and worming to head of spine joints split boards held by cords only. Marbled endpapers later bookplates of Roger Senhouse and John Fowles to FEP inked ownership inscription to title page occasional light spotting. The memoirs of Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais 1732-1799 French polymath dramatist and political revolutionary. An early French supporter of the American revolution Beaumarchais is predominantly remembered for his successful lobbying of the French government to supply the revolutionaries with both arms and financial support. Roger Senhouse 1889-1970 English publisher translator and member of the Bloomsbury group. John Fowles 1926-2005 English novelist whose notable works include The Magus 1965 and The French Lieutenant's Woman 1969. . [s.n.] hardcover
1770108979Paris.: Chez la Veuve Duchesne et Merlin 1770. Paperback. <b>Livre en français</b>. Couverture souple. Broché. 88 pages. Sans couverture. <i>ref. 108979</i> Chez la Veuve Duchesne et Merlin paperback
177838065Aix-en-Provence: André Adibert Imprimeur du Roi / l'Imprimerie d'Esprit David 1778. FIRST EDITIONS of two important works by Beaumarchais both relating to the Blache dispute. 4to. Disbound. Large margins. Fine and bright. Morton & Spinelli 958 and 959. RARE. <br/><br/> André Adibert, Imprimeur du Roi / l'Imprimerie d'Esprit David unknown
176542889à Paris: Chez Duchesneet chez Merlin 1765. Fine. Chez Duchesne et chez Merlin à Paris 1765 1764 et 1767 12.50 x 20 cm trois textes reliés en un volume New edition for the Siège de Calais first edition for the two other texts. The five figures mentioned by some bibliographers seem to be lacking in Eugénie. Full speckled blonde sheep binding. Smooth spine decorated with gilt compartments and fleurons as well as a blonde sheep title label. All edges red. Top of spine slightly split title label partially missing. Surface wear and lacks to boards. Corners slightly bumped. Two tiny marginal tears not touching text to first endpaper and final text leaf. Contemporary manuscript notes on first endpaper giving details of the work's contents. Interesting collection of theatrical pieces with England as their subject. Among these three plays one should note that Le siège de Calais a patriotic piece had resounding success despite reservations from Diderot and Voltaire. Chez Duchesneet chez Merlin hardcover
1775005495872Chez Ruault 1775. First Edition. Leather Binding. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First edition apparently unrecorded variant issue or unrecorded early piracy of this classic play the basis of Gioachino Rossini's celebrated opera 'The Barber of Seville in a custom binding. Attractively bound in full blue calf over beveled boards spine title and ruled in gilt with twin gilt fleur-de-lys covers bordered with twin gilt rules and gilt floral devices at inner corners front cover filled with a veritable deluge of fleur-de-lys in gilt 239 in all in 24 rows rear cover features 49 gilt-tooled fleur-de-lys in a diamond design 7 x 7 on the diagonal blue silk patterned endpapers and ribbon marker. Binding is likely post World War II but does not appear recent. Spine a bit faded but does not distract; interior is nice with some aging to the edges and very light foxing. This title appears to be an unrecorded variant from those given in Cordier most closely matching #47 but with variants in pagination and the title page mis-spelling the author's name 'Beaumachais' and with other variants or perhaps an early piracy Title reads in full: 'LE BARBIER DE SÉVILLE OU LA PRÉCAUTION INUTILE COMEDIE EN QUARTRE ACTES; par M de Beaumachais Représentée sur le Théatre de la Comédie Française aux Tuileries le 23 de Fevrier 1775. Et j'étois Père & je ne pus mourir! Zaïre Acte 2. device of lyre and laurel leaves A Paris. Chez Ruault Libraire rue de la Harpe M.DCC.LXXV. Avec Approbation et Permission.' Title page; 'lettre modérée' 3-32pp. 'Personnages' 33-34; play 35-130 'Approbation' and 'Permission' page 131 132 is blank; a comedy in four acts complete. The two woodcuts appearing at pages 3 and 35 are of a small walled town as view from the country framed by two trees and small hills and the view of a river bridge town and small sailing ship respectively. 2 Chapter Headpieces. Chez Ruault unknown
1793108978Paris.: Chez Delalain 1793. Paperback. <b>Livre en français</b>. Couverture souple. Broché. 56 pages. Sans couverture. Quelques rousseurs. <i>ref. 108978</i> Chez Delalain paperback
1768681P26Paris; Geneva; London: Ruault; Laurent Prault 1768-75. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 8" by 5". None. A collection of four French eighteenth century plays three of the plays being first editions. Including plays by Beaumarchais Mercier and Barther. A collection of four French plays. 'Le Barbier de Seville' by Pierre Caron de Beaumarchais published in 1775. The third edition of this work published in the same year as the first edition. With a half-title. 'Le Deserteur' by Louis-Sebastien Mercier published in 1771. The first edition of this work. 'Les Fausses Infidelites' by Nicholas Thomas Barthe published in 1768. The first edition of this work. 'La Brouette du Vinaigrier' by Louis-Sebastien Mercier published in 1775. The first edition of this work. Pierre Beaumarchais was a French polymath being a revolutionary publisher spoy horticulturist watchmaker as well as many other pursuits. He was a supporter of American independence. Louis-Sebastien Mercier was a French writer and dramatist who began his career by writing heroic epistles. He was a member of the National Convention and voted against the death penalty for Louis XVI later being imprisoned during the Reign of Terror. Nicholas Thomas Barthe was a French poet and playwright in the eighteenth century. In a full calf binding. Externally generally smart. Rubbing to the spine. Small amount of loss to the spine label and to the head of the spine. Light bumping to the extremities. Some light marks to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with the odd spot. Very Good Ruault; Laurent Prault hardcover
