DESPREZ DE BOISSY, Charles
Letters on spectacles; with a history of works for & against theatres. Seventh edition. Paris, veuve Desaint, Nyon aîné, B. Morin, Sorin, 1780. 2 volumes in-12 (164 x 98 mm) of 1 f.n.ch. XCVIII pp. 1 f.n.ch., 610 pp. for volume I ; X, 616 pp. for volume II. Marbled calf, spine decorated, spotted edges (period binding).
Lawyer at the parliament of Paris and Academician, Desprez de Boissy delivers here a rational and argued criticism not only against the theatre and the shows but especially against the frequentation and the pleasures that one goes there to seek.
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