LESAGE (Alain-René) - ORNEVAL (Jacques-Philippe d').Le Théâtre de la foire, ou l'opéra comique. Contenant les meilleures Pieces qui ont été représentées aux Foires de S. Germain & de S. Laurent.Amsterdam: L'Honoré, Chatelain, 1723 [tomes 1 à 3] ; Paris: Étienne Ganeau, 1724 [tomes 4 et 5]. - 5 volumes in-12, frontispiece, (9 ff.), 388 pp. 64 pp. of engraved music, 10 plates; (2 ff.), 448 pp. 64 pp. of engraved music, 11 plates; (2 ff.), 455 pp, 88 pp. of engraved music, 9 plates; (2 ff.), 502 pp. 40 pp. of engraved music, 8 plates; (2 ff.), 431 pp. (1 f.), 56 pp. of engraved music, 8 plates. Brown calf, gilt arms in the centre of the boards, spine ribbed and decorated, speckled edges (period binding).Set of the first 5 volumes of this collection of the best plays performed at the Saint-Germain and Saint Laurent fairs. There are more than forty plays, many by Alain-René Lesage. The first 3 volumes come from the L'Honoré et Chatelain edition, and the next two from Étienne Ganeau. The illustrations consist of a frontispiece and 46 plates. There are also 312 pages of engraved music. A good copy with later gilt arms, probably German or Austrian, on the boards. Head cover of first volume missing, rubbing from use. Browning to first and last leaves, some scattered foxing. Provenance: gilt arms on boards. - Mention "Grammat. Poët. Orator. & N32" on the endpapers. - E. Z. M. Hauslab, with bookplate.