CASTAING (Jean). Théâtre de J. Castaing, printed by himself. - Lot 512

CASTAING (Jean). Théâtre de J. Castaing, printed by himself. Tome premier. [Alençon], sn, 1791. In-8 half marbled basane, spine ribbed and decorated (period binding). Some wear. First volume only (of 3 published): [2] ff. title and table, 4 pp. (To the reader), 6 pp. (Apology for my solitude, in verse); [1] bl. f.; 10 pp. ill ch. 8 (prologue and allegorical scenes); [1] bl. f.; [2] ff. 146-[1] pp. (The Philosopher so-called Comedy in verse and three acts); 13 pp, [1] f. (Prologue de Lise) ; 73 pp. (Lise ou le triomphe de la reconnaissance, Comédie en vers et en un acte) ; [1] f. bl. ; 119 pp. (La Fête du village, opéra-comique) ; 99 pp. (L'Avant-Soupé, proverb in one act and prose). Very rare. Edition of 30 copies on the private handmade press of the author, receveur des tailles in Alençon at the end of the 18th century (Quérard, France littéraire, I, 72; Frère, I, 188; Soleine, 2394). Ex-libris JM.