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8vo. 6 vols. Vol. 1: [4], xvi, 594p. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Saint Foix; 1 engraved plate facing page 3. Vol. 2: [4], 600p. Engraved frontispiece. Vol. 3: [4], 479p. Vol. 4: [4], 462p. Vol. 5: [4], 472p. Vol. 6: [4], 524. [3]p. Titles and half-titles printed in red and black. Contemporary marbled calf, covers decorated with a triple-fillet gold border; gold-tooled spines; all edges marbled; marbled endpapers.green silk bookmarks. All six volumes show wear at edges, corners and at head and foot of spines. Contents in very good condition. ****** Saint Foix began life as a soldier but later settled in Paris where for twenty years he was much in demand as a playwright excelling in one-act comedies in prose. Encouraged by the success of Pandore at the Théâtre-Français, Saint Foix went on to further successes at the Théâtre-Italien: La veuve à la mode, Le philosophe dupe de l amour, Le contraste de l Amour et de l Hymen. His libretto Deucalion et Pirrhe, ballet (1756) has recently attracted attention as a unique example of one kind of aristocratic art, a species in which extreme elevation of expression combines with virtually flawless employment of the unities. - W.E. Rex, Sobering reflections on a forgotten French opera libretto, Eighteenth-century studies, vol.16, pp.389-400. Saint Foix also wrote several historical works including Essais historiques sur Paris and Histoire de l Ordre de Saint-Esprit. Cioranescu 58274; Cohen-De Ricci 924. Seller Inventory # 6/085
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