12th Sep, 2018 10:30 GMT/BST

Books, Maps & Ephemera

 
Lot 43
 

43

Boitel, Pierre, sieur de Gaubertin Le Théâtre Tragique, Sur Lequel La Fortune Represente Et...

Boitel, Pierre, sieur de Gaubertin Le Théâtre Tragique, Sur Lequel La Fortune Represente Et Les Divers Mal'heurs, Advenus Aux Hommes Illustres. Paris: Chez Pierre Billene, rue S. Iaques a la Bonne Foy, 1621-2. 8vo (3 vols bound in 1). Contemporary vellum, spine lettered in ink. A curious book describing the strange ends of famous men such as the Comte de Hainault ''qui finit miserablement'' and Henry, Comte de Schuatzebourg ''tombe dans des Latrines''.
Not Sold

 

Vellum showing signs of age, wrappers loose but not detached, some staining internally but good.

 


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Auction: Books, Maps & Ephemera, 12th Sep, 2018

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