Lot no. 128
DANCOURT Florent Carton, dit. Les Œuvres de Théâtre, new revised and corrected edition. Paris, Les Libraires associés, 1760; 12 vol. in-16, contemporary bindings in lemon morocco, three gilt fillets framing the boards, coats of arms in the centre, ornate smooth spines, hazelnut parts, gilt edges over marbling.
Very careful collective edition of the works of the father of modern vaudeville. Songs and notated music at the end of each volume.
Delightful series bound with the arms of Béatrix de Choiseul Stainville, bibliophile and eminent salonière who was beheaded in 1794; the volumes were later included in the theatre collection of Jules Lemaître, with bookplate. PHP stamp.
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