[MARIVAUX (Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de)] L'Homère... - Lot 640 - Briscadieu

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[MARIVAUX (Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de)] L'Homère... - Lot 640 - Briscadieu
[MARIVAUX (Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de)] L'Homère travesti ou l'Iliade en vers burlesques. Paris, Prault, 1716. 2 volumes in-12; illustrated with 13 out-of-text figures (one folding) drawn and engraved by Dubercelle. Unreadable bookplate. Contemporary speckled brown calf, leather missing from one headband, red title and endpapers, gilt roulette on the edges, corners dull, red edges. First edition of one of the first printed works of Marivaux. Amusing work testifying to the vogue where the literati travestied the great classics in burlesque verse.
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