XVIIth THEATRE. MONTAUBAN (Jacques Pousset de). Zénobie, rey - Lot 125

XVIIth THEATRE. MONTAUBAN (Jacques Pousset de). Zénobie, reyne d'Arménie. Paris, Guillaume de Luine, 1653. In-12, [6] ff, 60 pp, contemporary ivory vellum, smooth spine, author's name inscribed in pen on upper board in contemporary style. Rare original adapted by Jacques Pousset from the Spanish tragedy La gran Zenobia (Gran Cenobia) by the 17th-century poet Pedro Calderón de la Barca. An attractive copy with fine margins, in a contemporary binding. Jacques Pousset de Montauban (1610-1685), a friend of Molière's who performed it, was an orator and litterateur with a brilliant career as a lawyer in Paris, pleading famous cases. Cioranescu, III, 55482. Provenance: engraved ex libris Léo Rouanet (1863-1911), writer and translator of Spanish authors. Light angular wetness.