De l'art de la comédie, ou détail raisonné des diverses parties de la comédie, et de ses différents genres; suivi d'un traité de l'imitation où l'on compare à leurs originaux les Imitations de Molière & celles des Modernes. The whole supported by examples drawn from the best comics of all the Nations. Ended with the exposition of the causes of the decadence of the Theater, & the means to make it flourish again.
P., Ph.-D. Pierre, 1786.
2 vols in-8, full marbled blond calf, boards stamped with the arms framed with a triple gilt fillet, spines decorated with gilt fleurons, title and appendices.
Gilt edges. XII, 403pp. + 427, [1] pp.
Bound with the Breteuil coat of arms surmounted by the motto Nec spe nec metu (Neither by hope, nor by fear).
Ex-libris Montmorency
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