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[Kenneth Karmiole]

Poree, Charles.
FABULAE DRAMATICAE, Editae ab Uno Ejusdem Societatis Sacerdote.Paris:  Marcum Bordelet. 1749 [Imprimerie de Gissey].  First edition.8vo. (10),508,(4)pp.  Orig. mottled calf, gilt stamped.  A prize binding from a 
Jesuit school in the Swiss Canton of Valais.  The front cover gilt stampedwithin a decorative frame "Respublica Vallesiana, Bene Meritis", the rearcover has the gilt symbol of the Jesuit order, within the same decorativeframe.  

$250
5 plays in Latin by Jesuit priest and scholar Poree (1675-1741), author of manybooks,  He was the revered teacher of Voltaire.  This work is posthumous; it was 
edited by Henri Griffet.  Very uncommon.
Kenneth KarmioleP.O. Box 464, Santa Monica, CA 90406(310) 266-1910kkarmiole at yahoo.com