Jean Fuzy

New collective edition, rare, of the author's eight plays, after the first complete collective edition in 1585. Printed in italics. Contemporary full brown sheep binding. Decorated raised spine. Red morocco title label. Corners and headcaps skillfully restored by a professional. Foxing. Paper yellowed. Upper joint finely cracked. Good copy.
Garnier (1545-1590) is undoubtedly the first great French tragedian. Most of his subjects are drawn from Antiquity, but his last two plays are on one hand a Christian tragedy and on the other, a tragedy inspired by Ariosto. Friend of the Pléiade poets who openly celebrated him (the tragedies contain in their preliminary pieces poems by Ronsard and Be

New edition.
Binding splendid in full morocco mosaic lemon eighteenth in the way Padeloup. Back smooth decorated with small irons small nets curves and angular mosaic suns red central lozenge and quatrefoil hit a flagship red mosaic tail points and nets. Gilt title. boards decorated with small irons component rich garland framing, mosaic of red in the spandrels and a decorated central motif of various jewels and petis irons. Lace on cups and interior. The copy was possibly réemboîté, suggesting that domestic boards. Sumptuous mosaic binding unsigned master undoubtedly very rare.