Ne pas croire ce qu'on voit, histoire espagnole. Par feu M. Boursault [Ensemble] Le marquis de Chavigny

New edition, rare, like the original published in 1670 of these two novels.
Copy with the arms of the princes of Bourbon Condé, azure with three fleur-de-lys or, with a bend gules, having presumably belonged to Louise-Anne de Bourbon Condé, known as Mademoiselle de Charolais, daughter of the legitimized daughter of Louis XIV, Mademoiselle de Nantes.
Full blonde marbled and glazed sheep binding. Smooth spine decorated with 4 tools with small corner tools and rolls. Red morocco title label. Arms stamped on boards, triple gilt fillet frame. A yellow stain on some leaves at end of work. Joints finely restored. Handsome copy.
Boursault is better known and remembered as a playwright, although posterity has often retained only his role as critic of Molière's L'école des femmes and his unfortunate participation in the theatrical quarrels of the 17th century. The author nevertheless worked in numerous literary fields, notably the novella and novel, with a free and light pen. Ne pas croire ce qu'on voit is a work largely inspired by Calderon and very freely translated, La marquise de Chavigny being a narrative made of amorous adventures, embedded stories and letters; it should be noted that one of the episodes anticipates Sade's Les crimes de l'amour. It should be noted that the action of the works is contemporary with the author, which is altogether quite rare. Boursault, anecdotally, also wrote a historical novella entitled Le prince de Condé, so it is no coincidence to find works by Boursault with the arms of the princes of Condé.