First printed in Paris, 1656.

The final leaf is blank.

Watermarks include a single fleur-de-lys and the arms of France moderne, each appearing at the fore-edge of the page.

Lancaster, H.C. Hist. of French dramatic lit. 3, p.80-3

Cioranescu, A. 17. s. 61806 (1st ed.)

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy bound in early dark green morocco panelled in triple-ruled gilt. The armorial super-ex-libris of Jeanne Baptiste d'Albert de Luynes, comtesse de Verrue, is present on both covers and the armorial bookplate of the Barton Library is present on the front pastedown. Inscriptions, in several early hands, are present in the front matter. This is the first of five items bound together in a volume titled "Theatr ancien Scarron." This volume contains [1]: Le marquis ridicule, ou, La comtesse faite a la haste -- [2]: La fausse apparence -- [3]: Fragmens de diverses comedies de monsiuer Scarron -- [4]: L'escolier de Salamanque, ou, Les genereux ennemis -- [5]: Le gardien de soy-me me.