Tabarin

1664 · 6997 — Rouen: The Hague: Elzevier Lo¸ys du Mesnil 1664. 12mo 5 x 2æ in.; approx. 13 x 7 cm. 288pp. Bound by Chambolle-Duru signed and dated 1865 in full red morocco the covers framed by triple gilt fillets with ornamental corner sprays of scrolling volutes dots and star tools; spine in six compartments with five raised bands lettered and decorated in gilt. Title with woodcut ornament woodcut initials and typographical head-pieces; early armorial bookplate of Comte Joseph de Lagonde. Doublures in striking citron oak-toned / light mustard morocco richly inlaid with shaped red and green morocco onlays and elaborately tooled in gilt with interlaced strapwork volutes dots and stars; marbled endpapers and fly-leaves; all edges gilt. Tabarin was the stage name of Anthoine Girard c.1584ñ1633 the famed Parisian street performer whose comic dialogues circulated widely in pirated editions. This Rouen issue is a pirated reprint of the Geuffroy 1627 text notable for the first appearance of the second part of the Farces Tabarinques and the inclusion of Les Avantures et Amours du Capitaine Rodomont while omitting the Rencontres of Gratelard. Housed in a later marbled board slipcase with morocco front edges. A crisp jewel-like example of late 19th-century Parisian decorative binding. Fine. [The Hague: Elzevier] Lo¸ys du Mesnil unknown