[César-François Oudin de PRÉFONTAINE]
Recueil de diverses pièces comiques, gaillardes, et amoureuses dont les Titres se trouvent à la page suivante. [Collection of Various Comic, Bawdy, and Amorous Novellas, the Titles of Which Are Found on the Following Page]
Suivant la Copie imprimée à Paris chez Jean-Baptiste Loyson • [Lambert Marchant] • or [Pierre Vleugart]|[Brussels] 1671|8 x 13.5 cm|Relié
One of the first collected editions of these seven comic novellas, initially printed separately, by the Sieur de Préfontaine, regarded as a first-rate author by Charles Louandre: "without seeking to diminish in any way the merit of Boileau, without disputing his title as legislator of taste, one may say that Charles Sorel, Furetière, Préfontaine, [...] contributed alongside him and before him to cleansing the French Parnassus."
The first edition of one of the short stories contained in this volume, L'Assembl
€1,000