Estimate: | £100 - £150 |
[JACOB, Antoine (1639-85), known as "MONTFLEURY"]. Les Oeuvres ... Contenant les Pieces de Theatre, Représentées par la Troupe des Comediens du Roi à Paris. The Hague: Chez J. van Kieboom, Gerard Block, Adrien van Dorsten, 1735. 2 volumes, 12mo (155 x 90mm). Title to vol. one printed in red and black with hand-coloured engraved illustration, 9 hand-coloured engraved plates, ornaments (vol. II without a title [?as issued], wormtrack affecting first few leaves of vol. one, some light browning). Contemporary speckled calf, spines gilt with red and black morocco lettering-pieces (rubbed). Provenance: Van Vaernewyck (old [?]manuscript labels); extensive old annotation to first blank of vol. one appearing to mis-attribute the works to Antoine Jacob's father, Zachary, also known as "Montfleury". The hand-colouring is early or near-contemporary with the book. (2)