Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de MARIVAUX
L'Isle des esclaves comédie en un acte
Noël Pissot • Pierre Delormel • François Flahaut|Paris 1725|9.50 x 16 cm|relié
Rare first edition of L'Ile des esclaves.
Nineteenth-century Bradel binding in half beige cloth, smooth spine uniformly soiled, faded long title label, gilt date at foot, cat's eye pebbled paper boards, all edges red. Binding signed Lemardeley.
Scattered foxing.
Nineteenth-century Bradel binding in half beige cloth, smooth spine uniformly soiled, faded long title label, gilt date at foot, cat's eye pebbled paper boards, all edges red. Binding signed Lemardeley.
Scattered foxing.
"Vous avez été leurs maîtres, et vous en avez mal agi ; ils sont devenus les vôtres, et ils vous pardonnent ; faites vos réflexions là-dessus." ["You have been their masters, and you have acted badly; they have become yours, and they forgive you; reflect upon this."] (Trivelin, final scene)
€800