Shelfmark
En.9.09(01)
Author
Title
Le menteur, comedie.
Publication, distribution, etc.
[Leiden] : Suivant la copie imprimé a Paris [i.e. Leiden], CIC IC C XLVII [1647].
Physical description
[8], 88 p. ; 13cm. (12mo.)
Note
Printer's device on title page.
Note
According to Willems, this edition was printed for B. and A. Elzevier in Leiden.
Note
Woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces.
Note
Based on "La Verdad sospechosa" of J. Ruiz de Alarcon y Mendoza, the authorship of which is wrongly attributed by Corneille in his preface to Lope de Vega.
Citation/references note
Lancaster, H.C. Hist. of French dramatic lit., Pt. 2, pp. 442-7.
Citation/references note
Cioranescu, A. 17. s. (1st ed.), 20723
Citation/references note
Willems, A. Les Elzevier, 621
Provenance
Booklabel of Eton College Library, with pencil inscription: bought 1902. 4/6.
Provenance
Inscription on front flyleaf: W.W. Radford.
Binding
17th century white vellum; sewn on three cords; traces of title in ink on spine.
Copy-specific note
Bound with two other items.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmark: EC D5.10, W.621. W.622, W.655.
Genre/Form
Comedies.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Officina Elzeviriana printer.
Added entry--place
Netherlands Leiden.
Identifier
B20900