(FRENCH LITERATURE) Group of 6 works in 3 volumes 1637 74

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(FRENCH LITERATURE.) Group of 6 works in 3 volumes. 4to, first in contemporary calf gilt, spine ends worn, second in later sheep gilt, third in 19th-century red morocco gilt by Traut-Bauzonnet, front joint starting at top; contents of the first 2 toned and foxed, contents of the third clean. Paris, 1637-74

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La Calprenède, Gaultier De Costes, Seigneur de. La Mort de Mitridate. Tragédie. [12], 87, [1] pages. Paris: Antoine de Sommaville, 1637. bound with his: Le Clarionte, ou le Sacrifice Sanglant. Tragi-Comédie. [4], 115 pages. Paris: Antoine de Sommaville, 1637. and his: La Mort des Enfans d'Hérodes ou Suite de Mariane. Tragédie. [16], 90 pages, including etched additional title. Paris: Augustin Courbé, 1639. and his: Le Comte d'Essex, Tragédie. [8], 95 pages. Paris: Toussainct Quinet, 1650. first editions. Tchemerzine (1977) III, 815-18.

Chevreau, Urbain. Le Tableau de la Fortune. [10] (of [12]), 427, [1] pages; lacks initial blank. Paris: Jean Hénault, 1651. First published in 1644; includes a chapter on the fall of the Aztec empire.

Boileau-Despréaux, Nicolas. Oeuvres Diverses . . . Avec le Traité du Sublime . . . Traduit du Grec de Longin. Engraved plate. [6], 148, [14], [149]-178, [12], 102, [10] pages, including engraved allegorical additional title. Paris: Denys Thierry, 1674. first collected edition. Tchemerzine (1977) II, 746.