La fausse agnes, ou le poete campagnard. Comedie En prose en trois Actes
by DESTOUCHES, Nericault [Philippe]
- Used
- Condition
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- Seller
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Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Paris: Chez Prault Pere, 1736. [4], 137pp, [3]. [Bound with:] DESTOUCHES, Nericault [Philippe]. Le tambour nocturne, ou le mari devin, comedie angloise. Paris. Chez Prault Pere, 1736. [10], 116pp, [4]. [And:] DESTOUCHES, Nericault [Philippe]. Le dissipateur ou l'honneste-friponne, comedie. Paris. Chez Prault Pere, 1736. [2], xii, 127pp, [3]. 8vo. Contemporary speckled calf, morocco lettering-piece, spine richly gilt. Extremities worn, joints split. Typed booksellers description pasted to FEP. Armorial bookplate of Elden Hall (home of the Viscounts Keppel) to FEP, blind-stamp of John Fowles to FFEP. A sammelband of three comedies by dramatist Philippe Nericault Destouches (1680- 1754), noted for bringing to the tradition of French classical comedy influences derived from the English Restoration theatre. John Fowles (1926-2005), English novelist, whose notable works include The Magus (1965) and The French Lieutenant's Woman (1969). .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Antiquates Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AQ21594
- Title
- La fausse agnes, ou le poete campagnard. Comedie En prose en trois Actes
- Author
- DESTOUCHES, Nericault [Philippe]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Chez Prault Pere
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1736
- Keywords
- Plays, Theatre
Terms of Sale
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Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
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We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
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Antiquates Ltd
Biblio member since 2008
Wareham, Dorset
About Antiquates Ltd
Mail Order and Internet, but in normal times we have an antiquarian bookshop in the Dorset countryside.
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...