MOLIÈRE. LES FRAGMENS DE MOLIÈRE. P., Ribou, 1682. In-12 bright red morocco, spine ribbed, title, place of publication and date gilt, wide inner border, threaded edges and headpieces, edges gilt (Canape); (1) title f., 58 pages. ORIGINAL EDITION, "very rare" according to Le Petit. These are fragments of the then unpublished Dom Juan ou Festin de Pierre, which Champmeslé arranged into a short comedy. He also inserted fragments of Les Fourberies de Scapin. ¶ Guibert, Bibliographie des OEuvres de Molière publiés au XVIIe, I-389 - Tchemerzine, IV,803 - Le Petit, Bibliographie des principales éditions originales françaises, 313.

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