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SOMAIZE (Antoine Baudeau, sieur de). Les Prétieuses (sic) ridicules. Comédie. Performed at the Petit Bourbon. Nouvellement mises en Vers. Seconde Edition. Paris : Jean Guignard le fils, 1661. - In-12, 153 x 84 : (12 ff.), 60 pp. Mottled calf, double gilt fillet on covers, ornate smooth spine, interior gilt roulette, gilt edges (Thouvenin). Very rare second edition of this comedy written by Somaize, dedicated like the first to Marie de Manciny, whose secretary the author was. It is a verse setting that Somaize dared to make of Molière's famous play. Despite the indication on the title, this work would never have been performed. A copy bound by Thouvenin, from the library of Alexandre Martineau de Soleinne (1784?-1842), then that of the literary critic Pierre-Paul Plan (1870-1951). Hinge crack on first cover. Some wear. Provenance: Alexandre Martineau de Soleinne (I, 1340). - Pierre-Paul Plan, with signature and bookplate. Also by the same author: - Les Véritables prétieuses (sic). Comédie. Suivant la Copie imprimée à Paris : Jean Ribou [Leyde : F. Hackius], 1660 - In-12, 125 x 68 : 55 pp. Tan calf, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, smooth spine, inner gilt roulette, speckled edges (early 19th century binding). Riffaud, n°6046. Dutch counterfeit of this pale imitation of Molière's Précieuses ridicules, composed by Somaize with the aim of exploiting the play's success. Spidermoor in middle of spine. Leaves short of margins, with damage to running titles.

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SOMAIZE (Antoine Baudeau, sieur de). Les Prétieuses (sic) ridicules. Comédie. Performed at the Petit Bourbon. Nouvellement mises en Vers. Seconde Edition. Paris : Jean Guignard le fils, 1661. - In-12, 153 x 84 : (12 ff.), 60 pp. Mottled calf, double gilt fillet on covers, ornate smooth spine, interior gilt roulette, gilt edges (Thouvenin). Very rare second edition of this comedy written by Somaize, dedicated like the first to Marie de Manciny, whose secretary the author was. It is a verse setting that Somaize dared to make of Molière's famous play. Despite the indication on the title, this work would never have been performed. A copy bound by Thouvenin, from the library of Alexandre Martineau de Soleinne (1784?-1842), then that of the literary critic Pierre-Paul Plan (1870-1951). Hinge crack on first cover. Some wear. Provenance: Alexandre Martineau de Soleinne (I, 1340). - Pierre-Paul Plan, with signature and bookplate. Also by the same author: - Les Véritables prétieuses (sic). Comédie. Suivant la Copie imprimée à Paris : Jean Ribou [Leyde : F. Hackius], 1660 - In-12, 125 x 68 : 55 pp. Tan calf, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, smooth spine, inner gilt roulette, speckled edges (early 19th century binding). Riffaud, n°6046. Dutch counterfeit of this pale imitation of Molière's Précieuses ridicules, composed by Somaize with the aim of exploiting the play's success. Spidermoor in middle of spine. Leaves short of margins, with damage to running titles.

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