[PATHELIN (Maistre)]

[PATHELIN (Maistre)]

La Farce de Maistre Pierre Pathelin, avec son Testament à quatre personnages. New edition. Paris, Coustelier, 1723. Small in-8 of [8]-6-147 pp. Mottled havana calf, smooth spine, red marble title page, triple gilt fillet framing the covers with gilt arms in the center, red tr. (lightly post. binding, mid-18th c.). Joints slightly worn, a few small rubs. Edition donated by B. de La Monnoye based on his corrected copy of the Veuve Jean Bonfons edition. Part of the Coustelier collection. With the arms of the Marquise de POMPADOUR (n°798 in her catalog). Very fine provenance for this masterpiece of late 15th-century French literature.