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ASSOUCY (Charles Coypeau d’)
The Adventures of Monsieur d’Assoucy. Paris: Claude Audiney, 1677.
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The Adventures of Monsieur d’Assoucy. Paris: Claude Audiney, 1677.
2 volumes in 1 in-16 volume, (10) folios (including the portrait), 143 pp.; (1) folio, 152 pp., (2) folios (table of contents). 19th-century red morocco, ribbed spine, title, place and date in gold, richly decorated panels edged with a double gold fillet, triple gold fillet framing the covers, central gold coat of arms, double gold fillet on the cap and cut, interior lace, edges gilt on marbled paper [Thibaron Joly] (small watermark in the margin of 5 ff. of the preface, paper slightly yellowed).
Hélion-Charles-Edouard de Villeneuve, Marquis of Trans and Flayosc (1827–1893; binding bearing his coat of arms, OHR 1649).
Tchemerzine, I, 148–149. Gay-Lemmonier, 120 (who is unaware of this title) for the author.
GAUDRIOLE.
Rare. First edition of this autobiographical and burlesque account. A man of many adventures, imprisoned on several occasions for gambling debts or offensive remarks, Charles Coypeau d’Assoucy (1605–1677), known as Dassoucy, left behind numerous literary works as well as musical compositions. A festive and libertine poet, traveller, accomplished novelist and musician, he was a friend of Molière and lover of Cyrano de Bergerac. A gourmet and hedonist, he gives pride of place to the refinements of the table in his work. A curious woodcut portrait of the author in black illustrates the frontispiece. A fine and elegant binding by Thibaron-Joly.