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Recveil general des oevvres et fantaisies de Tabarin : divisé en deux parties : contenant ses rencontres, questions & demandes facetieuses, auec leurs responses

Tabarin, ca. 1584-1633 · 1623 · A Paris : Chez Anthoine de Sommaville ... · 9 pictures

A 1623 Paris collection of jests and comic dialogues by Tabarin, the seventeenth-century French comic performer, published by Anthoine de Sommaville for a general reading public. The pictures are small decorated initial letters, some with foliage, figures and scrollwork, set beside the printed French text, showing how ornamental capitals were built into a text page.

French wit and humor

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