SCARRON (Paul) - Lot 23

Lot n° 23
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SCARRON (Paul) - Lot 23
SCARRON (Paul) OEuvres. New edition. Amsterdam: J. Wetstein, 1752. - 7 volumes in-12, 140 x 78: Portrait, (15 ff.), 348 pp; frontispiece, (5 ff.), 467 pp; frontispiece, (7 ff.), 608 pp; frontispiece, (7 ff.), 560 pp; frontispiece, (1 f.), 528 pp; frontispiece, (1 f.), 579 pp; frontispiece, (5 ff.), 439 pp. Havana morocco, triple gilt fillet framing and gilt coat of arms at center of boards, ornate ribbed spine, gilt edges (Hardy). Émile Magne, no. 403. - Cohen, II, 945-946. New edition, revised, corrected, and enlarged with a history of the author's life and works, a Discourse on the burlesque style, "& de quantité de Pièces omises dans les Éditions précédentes". It is illustrated with 7 identical title vignettes, a portrait of Scarron engraved by Jacob Folkema (1692-1767) and 6 handsome frontispieces also engraved by Folkema after Louis Fabricius Du Bourg (1693-1775), except for the first one signed Paetr. A very fine copy bound by Hardy for the bibliophile Hélion-Charles-Édouard de Villeneuve, Marquis de Trans et de Flayosc (1827-1893), with his coat of arms on the boards (OHR, Pl. 1649). (A very well preserved copy.) Provenance: Hélion-Charles-Édouard de Villeneuve, marquis de Trans et de Flayosc.
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