(LISBON) ANDRE, privileged wigmaker: - Lot 141

(LISBON) ANDRE, privileged wigmaker: Le Tremblement de terre de Lisbonne. Sold by the author, Amsterdam, 1756. Same year as the original (title page's "cul de lampe" depicting a plant basket), note that the Lisbon earthquake took place on November 1, 1755. Author's signature on title page. On the title page, a note: "This copy bears the author's signature. The article André can be consulted in the biographie universelle. In 1805, on the occasion of I don't know what melodrama, this play had more than 80 well-attended performances". [80 pages] Bound in-8 full basane, smooth spine, decorated with irons, title-piece on red leather, gold lettering, title "Lisbon tragédie" throughout, rubbing throughout the binding, particularly at the hinge, beginning of a 3cm crack at the foot of the first cover, three red speckled edges, a few rare freckles, overall fresh interior.