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Les Oeuvres Burlesques de Mr Scarron dédiées à sa chienne

166885 x 143 mm

Rare Rouen edition.
A fine copy, very pure, in contemporary limp vellum.

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Rare Rouen edition published by David Berthelin of these famous burlesque plays dedicated to Guillemette, the little doggy of Scarron's sister. According to Somaize, the first edition bore the epistle: "To Guillemette, my sister's dog"and that a "pleasant errata makes you read ".my dog's sister".

After page 250, the book ends with La Révélation véritable de tout ce que s'est passé en l'autre Monde, au combat de Parques & Poëtes, Sur le mort de Voitture et autres pièces Burlesques.

A fine copy, very pure, in contemporary limp vellum.

Rouen,David Berthelin,1668.In-12, Bound,85 x 143 mm,10 ff, 288 pp, 1 ff.

Bound in contemporary soft vellum, smooth spine, handwritten title.

Bio

Paul Scarron

(born July 4, 1610 in Paris and died October 6, 1660 in Paris)

Squire and Lord of Fougerest, Beauvais and La Rivière.

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