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HEUDON (Jean).
Pyrrhe tragedy. Rouen, De l'Imprimerie de Raphaël du Petit-Val, 1599. In-12, black morocco, gilt fillet, gilt numeral in center, smooth spine with long title (Honegger). Second edition of this tragedy, whose title refers to Pyrrhus, son of Achilles, who took part in the Trojan War. The first appears to have appeared in 1598 (only one copy is known to exist, in the Arsenal). A fine impression by Raphaël du Petit-Val, who published numerous plays for the Rouen theater in the early 17th century. Bound in the collector's cipher. Brunet, t. III, col. 147. - Diane Barbier-Mueller, Inventaire..., n°394.
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