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188 - SCARRON - Collection of Burlesque Works Dedicated to His Dog, Part One, Published by Toussainct Quinet, 1648, Paris [Followed by] Continuation of the First Part of the Burlesque Works (published by the same, 1648) [Followed by] The Burlesque Works, Part III (published by the same, 1651) A very fine copy of this rare complete collection of all three parts of the author’s burlesque works, illustrated with a beautiful engraved frontispiece at the beginning. Two additional plays have been bound at the end, each illustrated with a superb engraved frontispiece and a separate title page: *Typhon, or the Gigantomachy*, a burlesque poem dedicated to His Eminence Cardinal Mazarin, published by Toussainct Quinet, 1648, Paris. The True Account of All That Happened in the Other World, Concerning the Battle Between the Fates and the Poets Over the Death of Voiture and Other Burlesque Plays, published by Toussainct Quinet, 1648, Paris. A fine copy in a contemporary binding, full sheepskin, spine with 5 raised bands, richly decorated panels, and a red morocco title label; some scuffing at the headband and a crack in the first headband, with a beginning crack in the second headband; nevertheless, the binding is very sturdy and the interior is in very fresh condition. In-4, (10ff.) 174pp.; 62ff. (1ff.); (5ff.) 99pp.; 117pp. (1ff.); 87pp. (1p.) (9ff.) 55pp.
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SCARRON - Collection of Burlesque Works Dedicated to His Dog, Part One, Published by Toussainct Quinet, 1648, Paris [Followed by] Continuation of the First Part of the Burlesque Works (published by the same, 1648) [Followed by] The Burlesque Works, Part III (published by the same, 1651) A very fine copy of this rare complete collection of all three parts of the author’s burlesque works, illustrated with a beautiful engraved frontispiece at the beginning. Two additional plays have been bound at the end, each illustrated with a superb engraved frontispiece and a separate title page: *Typhon, or the Gigantomachy*, a burlesque poem dedicated to His Eminence Cardinal Mazarin, published by Toussainct Quinet, 1648, Paris. The True Account of All That Happened in the Other World, Concerning the Battle Between the Fates and the Poets Over the Death of Voiture and Other Burlesque Plays, published by Toussainct Quinet, 1648, Paris. A fine copy in a contemporary binding, full sheepskin, spine with 5 raised bands, richly decorated panels, and a red morocco title label; some scuffing at the headband and a crack in the first headband, with a beginning crack in the second headband; nevertheless, the binding is very sturdy and the interior is in very fresh condition. In-4, (10ff.) 174pp.; 62ff. (1ff.); (5ff.) 99pp.; 117pp. (1ff.); 87pp. (1p.) (9ff.) 55pp.
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