[Boursault, Edmé]. The Prince of Conde. Made English, 1st edition in English, printed for H. Herringman, 1675, with the initial blank (A1), woodcut initials, moderate browning, pale shallow tide-mark in top margin of quires D-F, small hole in G10 partially affecting one letter in catchword recto, bookplate of Martin and Josephine Orskey to front free endpaper, contemporary mottled calf, twin red and green labels, 12mo (14.5 x 8.5 cm) (Qty: 1) Provenance: From the library of the earls of Guildford at Wroxton Abbey, Oxfordshire (engraved bookplate). ESTC R19455; Letellier, The English Novel 1660-1700, p. 206; Wing B3860. Rare English translation of a little-known nouvelle by the French playwright and protégé of the Corneille brothers, first published in French earlier the same year. ESTC traces eight copies world-wide.
[Boursault, Edmé]. The Prince of Conde. Made English, 1st edition in English, printed for H. Herringman, 1675, with the initial blank (A1), woodcut initials, moderate browning, pale shallow tide-mark in top margin of quires D-F, small hole in G10 partially affecting one letter in catchword recto, bookplate of Martin and Josephine Orskey to front free endpaper, contemporary mottled calf, twin red and green labels, 12mo (14.5 x 8.5 cm) (Qty: 1) Provenance: From the library of the earls of Guildford at Wroxton Abbey, Oxfordshire (engraved bookplate). ESTC R19455; Letellier, The English Novel 1660-1700, p. 206; Wing B3860. Rare English translation of a little-known nouvelle by the French playwright and protégé of the Corneille brothers, first published in French earlier the same year. ESTC traces eight copies world-wide.
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