Champmeslé, Les Grisettes, comedie, Paris, 1671, contemporary calf
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July 11, 03:42 PM GMT
Estimate
800 - 1,200 GBP
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CHAMPMESLÉ, CHARLES CHEVILLET. Les Grisettes, Comédie. Paris: [Pierre Le Monnier], 1671
FIRST EDITION of the comedy Les Grisettes by the seventeenth-century actor and playwright Charles Chevillet, sieur de Champmeslé (1642-1701), one of the first sociétaires of the Comédie-Française, known for his written collaborations with Jean de la Fontaine.
12mo (143 x 82 mm). Roman and italic type. collation: *2 A-F8-4 G4 (final leaf blank): 42 leaves. Title-page with woodcut device, woodcut initials and head- and tailpieces. (Some slight marginal dampstaining.)
binding: Contemporary calf (151 x 92 mm), 3 blind fillets around sides, spine with 5 bands, title in second compartment, gilt fleuron in others, speckled red edges. (Foot of spine repaired, extremities slightly rubbed.)
provenance: Nicolas Guillebert, ?seventeenth-century ownership inscription to title—Louis Auboyneau, eighteenth-century ownership inscription to title—J. Olphe-Galliard, nineteenth-century bookplate—Philippe-Louis de Bordes de Fortage (1846-1924), major Bordeaux bibliophile, bookplate. acquisition: Purchased in 2022 from Golden Legend, Los Angeles. references: Riffaud, Répertoire du théâtre français imprimé 1600-1699, 7101 (locating 12 copies, including this one)
