D. Sanche d'Arragon,

[Corneille (Pierre)]

D. Sanche d'Arragon,

Comedie Heroique.

Description: woodcut printer's device on title, uniformly slightly browned, pp. 90, 12mo, bound with 4 other plays of the period in near contemporary calf, gilt rules on either side of the raised bands on spine, red lettering piece ('French Plays'), good

Publication Details: [?The Hague] suivant la Copie imprimé a Paris, 1650

Notes: A nice little Sammelband, Corneille's play bound second. 'Here is a Poem of a new kind, which has no counterpart among the Ancients. You know the humour of the French, they love novelty' (translation of the opening of the dedicatory epistle). Same year as the first edition.Bound with: Scarron, L'Heritier Ridicule (lacking title-page, inscription at head of first page 'Feb. 16, 1740); Duryer, Nitocris, ?The Hague, 1650; Rotrou, Cosroès, The Hague, 1649; Ryer, Themistocle, ?The Hague, 1649. Given the context, Scarron's play (dedicated to the Prince of Orange) is probably also printed in The Ha...moreA nice little Sammelband, Corneille's play bound second. 'Here is a Poem of a new kind, which has no counterpart among the Ancients. You know the humour of the French, they love novelty' (translation of the opening of the dedicatory epistle). Same year as the first edition.Bound with: Scarron, L'Heritier Ridicule (lacking title-page, inscription at head of first page 'Feb. 16, 1740); Duryer, Nitocris, ?The Hague, 1650; Rotrou, Cosroès, The Hague, 1649; Ryer, Themistocle, ?The Hague, 1649. Given the context, Scarron's play (dedicated to the Prince of Orange) is probably also printed in The Hague in the same year as the first edition. HIDE

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Price: £1,200

Subject: Literature

Published Date: 1650

Stock Number: 58575

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