GASSIES DES BRULIES, Georges & (BOUTET de MONVEL, illustrator). - The Farce of Master Pathelin, a medieval comedy arranged in modern verse... With sixteen intaglio compositions, out of text, by Boutet de Monvel - Paris, Librairie Charles Delagrave, no date [1890] - Large in-8, paperback, untrimmed, contemporary printed cover. Edition illustrated with 16 engraved plates by Boutet de Monvel. A good copy, with scattered foxing. Attached : (from the same). - La Farce du cuvier, comédie du moyen-âge arrangée en vers modernes... avec sept compositions en taille-douce, hors texte, par J. Geoffroy - Paris, Librairie Charles Delagrave, sans date [vers 1895] - Large in-8, paperback, untrimmed, contemporary printed cover. Pronounced foxing.

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