Oct 02, 2002 - Sale 1944

Sale 1944 - Lot 263

Price Realized: $ 230
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
MOLIÈRE, JEAN-BAPTISTE POQUELIN DE. L'Escole des Femmes, Comédie. 84 pages. 12mo, 19th-century vellum; repair in blank outer margin of title. Np: "Suivant la Copie imprimée à Paris" [i. e., Amsterdam: Daniel Elzevier], 1679

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Third Elzevier edition. Tchemerzine (1977) IV, 775b note; Willems 1313 note. The book is laid in a custom-made late 19th-century brown morocco gilt book box (somewhat scuffed, clasp defective) with front cover stamped: "Presented to Ada Rehan by C[onstant?] Coquelin. 1889." Rehan (1857-1916) was a prominent Irish-American actress; Coquelin (1841-1909) was one of the leading French actors of his time, known in particular for creating the role of Cyrano de Begerac.<