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Paris: Chez J-N Barba et al., 1821-1830. First, New and Later Editions. Thirty-seven Volumes. Selected works including: Agathe, ou Le Petit Viellard de Calais (1821) 2 volumes. [Volume 1. pp. 217; Volume 2. pp. 240 with pages 203-206 detached from the binding.] A very scarce title. Valentine, ou Le Pasteur d Uzes (1820) 3 volumes. [Volume 1. pp. 254. Title page torn with loss to bottom right hand corner. Volume 2. pp. 279. Volume 3. pp. 316.] La Lutherienne, ou La Famille Morave (1825) 6 volumes. [Volume 1. pp. 252. Volume 2. pp. 319. Volume 3. pp. 299. Volume 4. pp. 270. Volume 5. pp. 331. Volume 6. pp. 287.] Leonide, ou Le Veille de Surene (1823) 5 volumes. [Volume 1. pp. 294. Volume 2. pp. 312. Volume 3. pp. 295. Volume 4. pp. 316. Volume 5. pp. 360, pages 55-58 loose from binding.] Le Medecin Confesseur, ou La Jeune emigre (1825) 6 volumes. [Volume 1. pp. 327. Volume 2. pp. 288. Volume 3. pp. 255. Volume 4. pp. 238. Volume 5. pp. 243. Volume 6. pp. 251.] Les Trois Filles de La Veuve (1826) 6 volumes. [Volume 1. pp. 209. Volume 2. pp. 221. Volume 3. pp. 251. Volume 4. pp. 270. Volume 5. pp. 274. Volume 6. pp. 312.] L Artiste et Le Soldat, ou Les Fils de Maitre-Jacques (1828) 5 volumes. [Volume 1. pp. 234. Volume 2. pp. 237. Volume 3. pp. 249. Volume 4. pp. 220. Volume 5. pp. 231.] Isaurine et Jean-Pohl, ou les Revolutions du chateau de Git-au-Diable (1830) 4 volumes. [Volume 1. pp. 233. Volume 2. pp. 249. Volume 3. pp. 302. Volume 4. pp. 307 - with Fin to the last page of Vol 4 complete.] Scarce titles. In an extraordinary and splendid half morocco with 3 wide raised bands and delightful gilt and ink tooling. Some foxing. Many of Ducange s novels were banned due to their controversial morals and politics resulting in several periods in prison and the scarcity of his titles. Victor Henri-Joseph Brahain du Cange (or Ducange) (November 24, 1783 October 15, 1833) was a French novelist and dramatist, born at the Hague, where his father was secretary to the French embassy. Dismissed from the civil service at the Restoration, Ducange became one of the favourite authors of the liberal party, and owed some part of his popularity to the fact that he was fined and imprisoned more than once for his outspokenness. He was imprisoned for six months for an article in his journal Le Diable rose, ou le petit courrier de Lucifer (1822). For Valentine (1821), in which the royalist excesses in the south of France were pilloried, he was again imprisoned; and after the publication of Hélène ou l'amour et la Guerre (1823), he took refuge for some time in Belgium. Ducange wrote numerous plays and melodramas, among which the most successful were Marco Loricot, ou le petit Chouan de 1830(1836), and Trente ans, ou la vie d'un joueur (1827), in which Frédérick Lemaître found one of his best parts. Many of his books were prohibited, ostensibly for their coarseness, but perhaps rather for their political tendencies. He died in Paris. Size: Approximately 7 inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine very good condition some minor marks and scratches. Joints very good condition. Corners very good condition. Boards very good condition marbled. Page edges very good condition some foxing to the page edges, top edge darkened. See above and photos. Internally Hinges very good condition. Front paste down very good condition. Front free end paper very good condition. Title very good condition. Pages very good condition some foxing and marks. Binding structurally solid and strong. See photos Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1821-30. Binding: Hardback. Seller Inventory # ABE-1659629867504
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