Author: DESFORGES, M., AND VARIOUS, FLORIAN ET AL
Title: Tom Jones a Londres &C. [Bound with] le Bon Ménage [and] Les Deux Billets [and] Les Bons Et Les Méchans [and] L'Amour Et la Folie, Opéra Comique [and] le Roi Léar
Description: Paris, F.J. Baudouin, 1782. Hard Cover . Octavo, full early calf with gilt in six compartments, raised bands, marbled endpapers; Tom Jones a Londres, Comédie en Cinq Actes, en Vers (1782) iv + 121pp. with drop-head title and engraved headpiece; Le Bon Ménage, ou La Suite des Deux Billets, Comédie en un Acte et en Prose (1783) 40pp. with drop-head title and engraved headpiece; Les Deux Billets, Comédie, en un Acte et en Prose (1780) 28pp. with drop-head title and engraved headpiece; Les Bons et Les Méchans, ou Philémon et Baucis, Pantomime, en Deux Actes (par M. Audinot, 1782) 18pp. with drop-head title and engraved headpiece; L'Amour et La Folie, Opéra Comique, en Trois Actes, en Vaudevilles et en Prose (1782) [2] 58pp. [2] with drop-head title and engraved headpiece; Le Roi Léar, Tragédie en Cinq Actes (par M. Ducis, 1783) viii + 116pp. with head and tailpieces at prelims. and drop-head title with engraved headpiece. Publishers (in order) Badouin, Brunet, Duchesne, Cailleau, Brunet, Gueffier. Corners rubbed, chipped at head of spine, a little insect damage in hinges (not significant); Tom Jones tanned and with some foxing, a couple of isolated (very early) faint pen lines in margins, a similar description applicable to Le Bon Ménage ; Le Roi Léar with some staining and wear at pp.88-91, one corner turned in, no loss of text. The volume is sound, presentable, and with its green ribbon page marker intact.

Keywords: French Theatre Language Plays Antiquarian Bibdings Eighteenth Century Henry Fielding Theatre French Language


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