Sébastien Jorry

Very rare first edition published anonymously and illustrated with a very fine frontispiece signed by Eisen engraved by Ponce as well as a vignette and tailpiece by the same engraved by de Longueil and Binet. Cohen announces only 15 copies all printed, like ours, on Holland paper.
Later (19th century) binding in half blonde calf, spine with five raised bands richly decorated with gilt fillets and compartments, red and navy blue morocco title and date labels, paste-paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns of combed paper, binding signed Petit successeur de Simier. Joints and headcaps rubbed.
Some very minor marginal foxing as well as a pale stain on page 57, otherwise...

Second edition, a reprint of the original published in 1763 by the same publisher. It is illustrated with a frontispiece, a vignette and a tailpiece by Eisen, engraved by De Longueil. Carefully printed; Dorat indeed ruined himself perfecting his publications, commissioning from Eisen and the engravers the very best...
Half red shagreen binding, late 19th century, signed Féchoy. Spine with raised bands decorated with fillets. Gilt title, date at foot. Light surface wear to lower right corner. Handsome copy.
The source of this verse work by Dorat is the tragedy of Barnevelt, written in 1619 by John Fletcher and Phillip Masinger, a tragic play from Elizabethan theatre. Dorat drew his...

New edition of Raynouard's Templier, illustrated with a frontispiece representing the Grand Master of the Templars. The Cornelian grandeur of the play, which exalts liberty and virtue, earned it Napoleon's support, a triumph in theater and bookshop, and his entry into the French Academy in 1807
First edition of Dorat's Regulus, illustrated with a figure, a vignette and a tailpiece by Eisen, engraved by Longueil.
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First edition of Collin d'Harleville's Artistes, containing a signed...