Desforges, Pierre; Louis de Boissy

Memoires anecdotes pour servir à l'histoire du M. Duliz, Fameux juif portugais à la Haye. Et la suite de ses avantures, après la catastrophe de celle de Mademoiselle Pelissier, actrice de l'Opera de Paris. (Bound with] Le triomphe de l'intérêt, comédie. First edition.

Londres: (Amsterdam?) Samuel Harding , 1739. 12mo. 10.6 x 17cm. New brown half goatskin and marbled boards by the artisan binder Sasha Mosalov.[ 2], 188pp....

Old annotations on final free end paper; some foxing. A good, untrimmed copy. Rare first edition of a French comical work by the comedian Desforges of whom not much is known. It tells the story of a rich Jew, originally from England, M. Duliz, who now lives in Holland. His father married him off to a rich girl with whom he is not satisfied. And that is why he courts an actress from the opera; a source for many hilarious scenes. The story is followed (from p. 131 onwards) by a comedy by Louis de Boissy Le triomphe de l'intérêt, comédie.(1694-1758), which was first published in Pairs in 1734. Barbier III, 181; cf. Cioranescu 23406 and 12358.I.OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:
1040714081( Boissy ) and OCLC Number
558241285 (Desforges,). Item #51-5139

Price: $2,500.00