De la précieuse bibliothèque Jorge Ortiz Linares

De la précieuse bibliothèque Jorge Ortiz Linares

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Corneille, Pierre

Othon. Paris, Louys Billaine, 1665. In-12. Remarquable ex. en édition originale et en vélin de l'époque.

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3,000 - 4,500 EUR

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Corneille, Pierre

Othon. Tragédie

Paris, Louys Billaine, 1665


REMARQUABLE EXEMPLAIRE EN VÉLIN DE L’ÉPOQUE


ÉDITION ORIGINALE


In-12 (145 x 91mm). Bandeaux, initiales et culs-de-lampe gravés

COLLATION : π2 A-F6 G4

CONTENU : π1r : titre, π2r : avis au lecteur, π2v : acteurs, A1r : texte, G4r : extrait du privilège

ANNOTATION : quatre vers galants, écrits par une main anonyme ancienne, au verso blanc du dernier feuillet de l’exemplaire

RELIURE DE L’ÉPOQUE. Vélin souple, dos long avec titre à l’encre

PROVENANCE : Pierre Berès


La pièce fut créée à Fontainebleau, le 3 août 1664. L’édition originale parut sous trois noms de libraires différents.


BIBLIOGRAPHIE

Riffaud, Répertoire du théâtre français imprimé au XVIIe siècle, https://repertoiretheatreimprime.yale.edu/, n° 6513 — Émile Picot, Bibliographie cornélienne, Paris, 1876, n° 32 — V. de Diesbach, Cat. Jean Bonna, XVIIe siècle, I, n° 78 — Tchemerzine, II, p. 574


Remarkable copy in contemporary vellum.

First edition.


Notable ejemplar en pergamino de época.

Primera edición.

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