La vie de monsieur de Moliere

New edition. By J.-L. Le Gallois, sieur de Grimarest, according to Barbier. Antedated counterfeit of the 1st ed., Paris, P. Ribou, 1705, according to P. Lacroix, n° 982.
Contemporary limp vellum binding. Unlettered smooth spine. Fine copy, fresh.
First biography of Molière based on the testimony of the actor and playwright Baron. It served as a model for all subsequent biographies.