SOREL, CHARLES, Sieur de Souvigny]. Rcrations galantes... Suite & seconde partie de la Maison des Jeux. Paris: Estienne Loyson, 1671. Woodcut tailpiece vignette and initials, type ornament head- and tailpieces. 12mo, 19th-century crimson morocco gilt, g.e., by Allo. FIRST EDITION of this collection of society games, including lists of riddles, games, a blason des couleurs , and a section on physiognomy. Gay states that most of the riddles or "questions plaisantes" are of "such equivocal taste that no polite society would lower itself to allow such games...". The first part, La Maison des jeux o se trouvent les divertissements d'une compagnie , was published in 2 volumes in 1642. Barbier IV:47; Gay III:944.
SOREL, CHARLES, Sieur de Souvigny]. Rcrations galantes... Suite & seconde partie de la Maison des Jeux. Paris: Estienne Loyson, 1671. Woodcut tailpiece vignette and initials, type ornament head- and tailpieces. 12mo, 19th-century crimson morocco gilt, g.e., by Allo. FIRST EDITION of this collection of society games, including lists of riddles, games, a blason des couleurs , and a section on physiognomy. Gay states that most of the riddles or "questions plaisantes" are of "such equivocal taste that no polite society would lower itself to allow such games...". The first part, La Maison des jeux o se trouvent les divertissements d'une compagnie , was published in 2 volumes in 1642. Barbier IV:47; Gay III:944.
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