BRUSCAMBILLE [pseudonym of Nicolas DES LAURIERS (1575-1634)]. Les oeuvres ... contenant ses fantasies, imaginations et paradoxes, et autres discours comique. Rouen: Martin de la Motte, 1626. 12° (142 x 75mm). Woodcut initials, typographic ornaments. (Quire E with repairs to lower margin, N1 and final leaf with corner repaired, occasional light soiling.) Red morocco gilt by Lortic, triple fillets, six spine compartments filled with curlicue and pointillé tools, gilt turn-ins, gilt and marbled edges, green silk marker, later supralibros. Provenance: Ambrose Firmin Didot, 1850 (ex libris) -- purchased from Ch. Bosse, 1933.

BRUSCAMBILLE [pseudonym of Nicolas DES LAURIERS (1575-1634)]. Les oeuvres ... contenant ses fantasies, imaginations et paradoxes, et autres discours comique. Rouen: Martin de la Motte, 1626. 12° (142 x 75mm). Woodcut initials, typographic ornaments. (Quire E with repairs to lower margin, N1 and final leaf with corner repaired, occasional light soiling.) Red morocco gilt by Lortic, triple fillets, six spine compartments filled with curlicue and pointillé tools, gilt turn-ins, gilt and marbled edges, green silk marker, later supralibros. Provenance: Ambrose Firmin Didot, 1850 (ex libris) -- purchased from Ch. Bosse, 1933.

This celebrated comedian came to Paris around 1606, joining the troupe of the hôtel de Bourgogne. 'Doué d'une verve infatigable, il fit les délices d'un public peu difficile, et qui se pâmait d'aise en écoutant des équivoques très-hasardées et des grossièrtés qu'on ne tolérait pas aujourd'hui dans un corps-de-garde' (Gustave Brunet). Brunet I, 1304; Tchemerzine III, 145.