MONTCHRESTIEN (Antoine de). Les Tragédies [...] Rouen, Jean - Lot 647

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MONTCHRESTIEN (Antoine de). Les Tragédies [...] Rouen, Jean - Lot 647
MONTCHRESTIEN (Antoine de). Les Tragédies [...] Rouen, Jean Osmont, 1604. Small in-12 jansenist red morocco, ribbed spine, gilt title, int. lace, gilt edges (Cuzin). Fine engraved title. Second edition, partly original; the first to contain "Hector". Also includes: "La reine d'Écosse", "La Cartaginoise ou La liberté", "Les Lacènes", "David", "Aman" and "Suzanne ou La chasteté". "Perhaps Montchrestien's role in the history of our theater consisted above all in introducing the Malherbian reform into the tragic language." A. Adam, Littérare du XVIIe siècle, I, 187. A very fine copy. Ex-libris baron du Charmel. Bookplate J.M. (Brunet III, 1847.) Also included: JOLY (A.), Antoine de Montchrétien, poète et économiste normand. Caen, Le Gost-Clérisse, 1865. In-8 modern brown half-chagrin with corners, cover preserved. Small edition of 105 copies. Ex-libris René Herval. Bookplate J.M.
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