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[SCARRON]. Collection of Burlesque Works […]. Paris: Toussainct Quinet, 1648 & 1651. Small quarto, calfskin, double gilt fillet framing the covers, decorated ribbed spine (contemporary binding). A composite collection comprising the following plays: • Collection of Burlesque Works by Mr. Scarron […] Dedicated to His Dog. (1648). [XXIV] + 174 + [II (blank)] pp. A frontispiece by Jacques PICARD; • Continuation of the First Part […]. (1648). 62 + [II (Privilege)] pp.; • The Continuation […] Part Two. (1651). [XII] + 76 pp.; • The Works […] Part Three. (1651). [VI] + 12 + 2 (Table) + 120 (last two blank) pp. Pages 101–117 contain the heroic-comic ode; To His Excellency the Marshal d’Aumont. (1651); • Typhon, or The Gigantomachy. A Burlesque Poem. Dedicated to His Eminence Cardinal Mazarin. (1648). 88 pp. A frontispiece title page engraved by Jérôme DAVID; • The True Account of All That Happened in the Other World During the Battle Between the Fates and the Poets, on the Death of Voitture. And Other Burlesque Pieces. (1648). [XXII] + 55 pp. FIRST EDITION. A frontispiece title page engraved by Stefano DELLA BELLA. From the libraries of Jean Vergnet-Ruiz (1896–1972), curator of the Château de Compiègne, with an ex-libris (Bibliothèque de l’Oise); and “Breda,” with a handwritten ex-libris on the first title page. Minor damage to the binding; some foxing and water stains (especially on the first eight folios and sections E and F of *La Relation veritable*). Tchemerzine, V, 702–706.
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