Les Amans Heureux, Trompez, Malheureux

Paris: Chez Claude Barbin, 1683. First edition. leather_bound. Contemporary brown calf rebacked in late19th century matching morocco. Near fine. 165 pages [*2, A8-L8]. 18 x 12 cm. Twenty-eight etched plates, including 3 part title plates, each part containing eight tales of the "Happy, Deceived, Unfortunate Lovers"; a precursor to later romantic novels. This copy bound sequentially -- Trompez, Malheureux, Heureux. Includes a six page catalogue of books in English printed for William Cademan, which references this title and its availability in English. Pasted to inside front cover a Parke-Bernet Gallery (1949) announcement of the Frederick M. Hopkins Sale, conceivably a provenance for this title. Plates and text clean, general title rehinged, raised bands, spine panels richly gilt, red leather spine label printed in gilt.