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[Architectural design for a theatre backdrop signed"Tasca"]. (lower left) pencil.Pen and black ink and greywash, unframed 6 3/8 x 9 7/8 in. (16.3 x 25.1 cm).

Most likely done for Monima e Mitridate. Drammaserio per musical with music by Nasolini, performedin Venice in 1799 (Sartori 15899).

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Amat, Joan Carles (1572?-1640). . Guitarra española, yvàndola en dos maneras de guitarra, castellana, ycathalana de cinco ordenes la qual enseña de templar,y tañer rasgado. Gerona: Joseph Bró, (1745). 8vo,modern wraps. Uncut and unopened. 56pp., illustrated.Some mild browning. This is a supplement to the firsttreatise on Spanish Guitar. Topics covered includetuning, formation and fingering of chords, and how toaccompany popular dances of the day. Notable for itsforward-looking concept of harmony, Amat’s Guitarraespañola was one of the most influential treatises on theguitar.


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Amigioni, Carlotta (artist). Celebre Auretti, La . Largeengraving, printed on two sheets of laid paper. 12" x 183/8" plus wide margins. Untrimmed. Some darkening tomargins from mat, and faint staining to upper rightmargin. Slight soiling. Tape on top margin, verso. Alovely impression.

Anonymous engraving (English? French? Ca. 1750)probably after a lost painting by Carlotta Amigoni withthe face probably taken from a medal of Joanna Auretti.The subject of the print is either Anne or JannetonAuretti. One of three engravings most likely based onAmigoni’s painting.

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Amoroso Antonio Mercurio (1660-1738). Themusician. Engraved From the Original Picture painted byAmoroso, in the Collection of the Right Honble LordMiddleton. To whom this Plate is moft HumblyDedicated, by his Lordship’: moft Obliged & most ObedtServant. J. Boydell. Size of the Picture 2 F10 I by 3 F4 Iin height. Published by J.Boydell Engraver in CheapfideLondon 1764.

Fine mezzotint

Large folio. 16 ½ x 21 5/16th”. Chaloner Smith’s #4.Later states are smaller or have scratched publisher’sname or have subject size of 14 x 18” [as opposed to 14 x18 ¼” as ours].

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Bella, Stefano Della. Raccolta di Vasi Diversi. Paris: F.Langlois, 1646. Complete set of six etchings (ca. 1646),all first state (of three) on laid paper, with margins(slightly uneven), occasional pale spotting and staining,stitching holes in the right margins, laid on the page of analbum. Quarto, (plates: 3 1/2 x 7 1/4"; 90 x 185mm);(sheets: 5 x 10"; 125 x 250mm). Red half moroccorubbed, rebacked. De Vesme 1045-50; Berlin II, No.1137.

A collection of 46 vases (whole or partial) etched on sixsheets including title-page.These “capprichi” were donefor the sake of experiment and invention with foliage,animal figures, grotesques, floral arrangements,ornaments, and satyrs.


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Bella, Stefano Della . [Entree du Prince di Toscane,Representant Hercul]. [Entree du Prince di Toscane,Representant Hercul]. Etching, 1661. The first of threeetchings from the festival book Il mondo festeggiante:balletto a cavallo, fatto nel teatro congiunto al palazzo delsereniss. gran duca, per le reali nozze de' serenissimiprincipi Cosimo Terzo di Toscana, e Margherita Luisad'Orleans. In Firenze: Nella Stamperia di S.A.S., 1661.(Etching on paper 17 1/8 x 9 1/16", with margins.Mounted on laid paper. An excellent impression, in verygood and clean condition, with slight chipping and someminor repairs). By Stefano della Bella after G.A.Moniglia.

The most arresting of the three Della Bella etchings takenfrom the festival book Il mondo festiggiante (1661).


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Boileau Despréaux, Nicolas, 1636-1711. .

OEuvres diverses du sieur D*** ; Avec Letraité du sublime, ou du merveilleux dans

le discours . Boileau Despréaux, Nicolas, 1636

-1711. OEuvres diverses du sieur D*** ; Avec Le

traité du sublime, ou du merveilleux dans le

discours. A Paris Denys Theirry , 1674 References:

Brunet,; t.1, col. 1055; Tchemerzine,; t. 2, p. 269; Le

Petit: pp 394-5.

First collective edition under the title of Oeuvres

with the first translation into French of

Longinus’ Traité du sublime, ou du merveilleux

dans le discours

Also with contemporary comments on Molière

Red morocco gilt, with raised bands, highly gilt

spine by Trautz Bauzonnet. [4], 178, [10, 102, [10]

pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations

Quarto. 7 3/4” x 10; Contents: Discours au roy --

Satires I-IX -- Discours sur la satire -- Epistres I-IV

-- L'art poëtique -- Table -- Lutrin [4 chants] --

Traité du subline / traduit du grec Longin --

Remarques -- Table. An highly esteemed edition

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Corneille, Thomas [1625 1709], translator; Ovid (43 B.C.17 or 18 A.D.). Les metamorphoses d'Ovide. Traduitesen vers François par T. Corneille. Paris: Claude Barin,1669. Original edition of the first two books of Ovidtranslated by Thomas Corneille. The full translation wasnot published until 1697. An elegant edition withbeautiful typography and ornamentation.

Thomas wrote with great facility. He is credited withperfecting the French language, as can be evidenced bythis translation of Ovid (begun shortly after he leftschool), his notes to Claude Favre Vaugelas Remarquessur la langue Francais (1647) , his compilation of adictionary of arts and sciences for the AcadémieFrançaise (1694), and his editorship of Mercure galant,with Donneau de Vise.

The artist of the two engravings fronting the books is theson of Hermann Weyen (or Weyher), Laurent Weyen(1643-1672), a Flemish engraver who died in Paris.Laurent also engraved illustrations for the works ofMoliere.


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Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin (Jean). . L'Ariane deMonsieur Des Marest. De nouveau revuë, et augmentéede plusieurs histoires par l'Autheur, et enrichie deplusieurs figures. A Paris, chez Matthieu Guillemot,1643. Second illustrated edition. Quarto. modern vellum .7 5/16" Xx 9 3/4", complete with 18 full-page plates,including engraved title by Abraham Bosse d'aprèsClaude Vignon. (Brunet, II-633 ; Tchemerzine, II-817).

With plates in beautiful state, rich and sharp.“The twoprintings of this, the second, edition areimportant, because although the “early successof Ariane is implicit in the quarto editions of1639 and 1643.”

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Duclose, Marie-Anne de Chateauneuf (1668-1748).Duclose in the role of Ariane,. Engraving on Paper.(Paris) 1714. Engraved by Louis Desplaces (1632-1739).After a painting by Nicolas de Largilliere (ca. 1656-1746) [cf: Benizet III, 217]. Large folio (20" x 15"), withgood margins. A fine impression with rich contrasts inshading, and excellent detail indicating this is an earlyimpression before the engraving plate had been worn.Framed.

Mari-Anne de Chateauneuf Duclose (1668-1748). Frenchactress who was accepted by the Comédie Française in1693, where she acted in tragic roles, later replacing MlleChampmesle and sharing feminine leads with MlleDesmares. Her strength lay in declamation, and she wasadmired in the roles of Molière. Her great talent waseclipsed by her volatile temper and by the changingstyles of acting best exemplified by that of AdrienneLecouvrer, her young rival.

Duclos in the role of Ariane (by Thomas Corneille) is oneof the grand portraits of the French baroque theatre andone of the treasures of Le Musée de la ComédieFrançaise (Dacier, 20)


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François l’Hermite (c. 1601 – September 7, 1655).

Pantheé, Tragedie de Monsieur de Trista.

Paris: Augustin Courbe, 1639. Priv 23 Feburary 1638; Achevé10 May 1639. Tragedy in five acts, verse. Tchemerzine X.P.417 for original 4to edition with same dates as this the 12moedition. 12mo. 19th century vellum.Based on Xeonophon’stouching tale in the Cyropadeia books V-II, Tristan’s versionfinds Queen Pantheé of Susa (Assyria) captured by Cyrus Kingof Persia. Her poise and her beauty cause her to be discoveredand spared. The play was popular enough to be mentioned asone of the 41 plays in Poisson’s Baron de la Crasse and in thepreface to Corneille’s Sophonsibe. It was reprinted three timesafter the author’s death. Durval published a Panthée at aboutthe same time (Paris: Courbé, 1639). His was also based onXeonphon’s Cyropaedia. This subject had also been treated byAlexandre Hardy.

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La Calprenède [pseud. of Gauthier de Coste,

Seigneur de la Calprenède] (ca. 1610-1663.

Recueil of four plays by La Calprenède,bound together, of which three areoriginal editions. La Calprenède as adramatist

This is a collection of four of LaCalprenède’s early plays (he wrote nine),Including three original editions, includinghis first play, Mithridate, and hismasterpiece, Le Comte d’Essex, an Englishhistorical tragedy about Elizabeth I and theEarl of Essex. The collection should providevaluable information on La Calprenèdé’searly career as an author before he turnedto the novel.

1. La Mort de Mithridate. Tragedie. Paris:Anthoine de Sommaville, 1637. Originaledition.

2. Le Clarionte, ou le Sacrifice Sanglant.Tragi-comédie. Paris: Antoine deSommaville, 1637. Original edition.

3. La Mort des Enfans d’Herodes, ou Suitede Mariane. Tragedie: Paris: AugustinCourbe, 1639. Original edition.

4. Le Comte d’Essex. Tragedie. Paris:Toussainct Quinet, 1650. Second edition(original was 1639).

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Le Moyne, Pierre (1602-1671). Gallerie desfemmes fortes, La. A Paris, chez Antoine de

Sommaville, au Palais en la salle des Merciers, à

l'Escu de France. M. DC. XLVII. Avec privilege du

Roy. Original edition. Picot, E. Bibliographie

Cornélienne,; 50; Tchemerzine; v. II, p. 558; BM

STC French, 1601-1700; C-1521

Folio (9 1/2 x 13 3/8”). 19th-century patterned

boards, calf spine, with raised band, decorated in

gilt. Rubbed. Printed title restored. First eight leaves

of dedication are water stained at lower right corner;

occasional stains but clean overall. Complete with

frontis and 21 full-page engravings trimmed at

bottom with loss of publisher’s imprint. A few

engravings have lost one (or two) lines of caption at

bottom. Good condition with prints clean.

La Galleries des Femmes Fortes (Paris, 1647) is

the most significant example of the numerous

galleries of women published during the first half of

the 17th century. It presents a strong argument that

femmes fortes (i.e. women who are strong, valiant,

courageous, or fearless) could become heads of

state. With this book, La Moyne contributed to the

long running querelle des femmes concerning the

abilities and status of women versus men, suggesting

that the femme sauvante and the femme forte thus

were interwoven (Gandolfo).

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Puget de la Serre, (Jean). Le Breviere des courtisans.Bruxelles, François Vivien, 1631.Second edition,colophon leaf notes date of 20 March 1631. The firstedition was published in 1630 both in Paris andBrussels). 8vo. Contemporary vellum, lettered in ink onspine and dated 1631

The book is divided into 7 parts according to the maindevotional hours for a divine, from matins to complices,each part illustrated with a richly designed engraved plateshowing a religious scene of the suffering of Christtogether with a strongly contrasting scene of the wordlypleasures of courtesans.

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Vondel, Joost van den. [A collection of almost all theplays, over half in first editions; also the major poetryand translations]. 48 separate works bound in 12 vols,quarto. 11 in uniform contemporary vellum.

Joost van den Vondel (17 November 1587 – 5 February1679) Dutch poet and playwright was considered themost prominent Dutch author of the 17th century. Hepassed away at the age of 91, writing until his last years.He is the greatest poet the Netherlands have produced,one who is distinguished in every form and who occupiesa place among the best poet of all time.” (Petrus HenricusAlbers in the Catholic Encyclopedia).

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IndexA

A collection of almost all the plays, over…, 13Amat, Joan, 3Amigioni, Carlotta, 4Amoroso Antonio, 4Architectural design for a theatre backdrop signed "Tasca, 3

BBella, Stefano, 5, 5Boileau Despréaux, 6

CCelebre Auretti, La, 4Corneille, Thomas, 7

DDesmarets de, 8Duclose in the role of Ariane, 9Duclose, Marie, 9

EEntree du Prince di Toscane, Representant Hercul, 5

FFrançois l’Hermite, 10

GGallerie des femmes fortes, La, 12Guitarra española, y vàndola en dos maneras…, 3

LL'Ariane de Monsieur Des Marest, 8La Calprenède, 11Le Breviere des courtisans, 13Le Moyne, 12Les metamorphoses d'Ovide, 7

OOEuvres diverses du sieur D*** ; Avec Le traité…, 6

PPantheé, Tragedie de Monsieur de Trista, 10Puget de, 13

RRaccolta di Vasi Diversi, 5Recueil of four plays by La Calprenède, bound…, 11


TThe musician, 4

VVondel, Joost, 13


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