(The Wise (Rene)). THE LAME DEVIL. Paris,... - Lot 134 - De Baecque et Associés

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(The Wise (Rene)). THE LAME DEVIL. Paris,... - Lot 134 - De Baecque et Associés
(The Wise (Rene)). THE LAME DEVIL. Paris, Veuve Barbin, 1707. In-12 (h. 159 mill.) of [10, including the frontispiece]-318 (misf. 314)-[8] pages, red jansenist morocco, red morocco lining with wide gilt lace, gilt edges (Marius Michel). Rare first edition, with a frontispiece by Magdeleine Horthemels. It is one of the most difficult French classics to find in its original edition and one of the greatest literary successes of the 18th century, freely inspired by the Spanish novel El Diablo cojuelo by Luis Vélez de Guevara in the Saragossa edition of 1671. Second edition copy according to Tchemerzine's precisions (IV, p.173). Small rubs to the spines. A CHOICE COPY IN A DOUBLE BINDING BY MARIUS MICHEL. DES BIBLIOTHEQUES JULES NOILLY (Catalogue 1886 n°297) P. BRUNET MAURICE TEZENAS. (ex-libris).
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