Jean-Pierre Claris de FLORIAN

Galatée, roman pastoral ; imité de Cervantes

Chez Defer de Maisonneuve, Paris 1793, grand in-4 (27x36cm), 99pp., relié.

With a charming illustration by Monsiau, engraved by Colibert and Cazenave, four figures printed in colors. A large paper copy with figures in proof.
Blue paper covers, Bradel binding. Title-piece to spine.
Tiny transparent spots, a small repaired tear to one plate not touching [...]

1 000 €

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Jean PASSERAT

Recueil des oeuvres poetiques. — Kalendae Januariae, & Varia quaedam Poëmatia

Chez Abel l'Angelier, Paris 1606, in-8 (11x16,5cm), (6) 464pp. (8) ; (16) 248pp. [mal chiff. 148] (6), 2 ouvrages reliés en un volume.

Posthumous editions of these works, prepared and published by John Rougevalet, nephew of the author. The Compendium is decorated with a lovely portrait of Passerat engraved on copper by Thomas de Leu. Among the various French plays in it, there are his famous hunting poems: The Deer of [...]

1 200 €

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COLLECTIF

Recueil de plusieurs pièces d'éloquence et de poésie présentées à l'Académie françoise pour ...

Veuve de J. B. Coignard et Jean-Baptiste Coignard fils, Paris 1691 [1693], in-12 (9x15,5cm), relié.

Collection of poetic pieces, says Code of the French Academy, including two in which we find important texts by Charles Perrault (pp. 121-172) the reprinting of La Marquise de Salusses initially tale published in the same collection in 1691, and the second edition of La Chasse (pp. [...]

500 €

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Claude de MORENNE

Oraisons funebres et tombeaux. Avecques les Cantiques, Quatrains, & autres Poëmes, tant François ...

Pierre Bertault, Paris 1604, in-8 (11x17,5cm), 4 parties reliées en un volume.

The very rare first collected edition, first in parts, of the works of Claude de Morenne (1550-1606), preacher to King Henri IV and Bishop of Sées.
Contemporary cream-colored supple vellum, spine with fillets and little gilt fleurons, double gilt fillet frame to covers, all edges gilt.
One [...]

1 500 €

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COLLECTIF

Recueil des plus belles pièces des poëtes françois, tant anciens que modernes, depuis Villon ...

par La Compagnie des libraires, Paris 1752, in-12 (8x13,5cm), ix (1) 322pp. (4) 314pp. et (2) 292pp. (2) 312pp. et (2)

Famous poetry anthology, known as the Compendium of Barbin because records within it are believed to have been composed by François Barbin, son of the bookseller who printed for the first time in 1692. This valuable collection was the first to accord importance to the poets of the Middle Ages, [...]

550 €

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Alexis PIRON

Oeuvres complettes, publiées par M. Rigoley de Juvigny

de l'Imprimerie de Lambert, Paris 1776, in-8 (12,5x19,5 cm), (4) xv ; 379pp. (4) et (4) 573pp. (1) et (4) 544pp. et (4)

The most complete collective edition of Alexis Piron's works, edited by Rigoley de Juvigny. Portrait of the author at the beginning of the first volume, engraved by Augustin de Saint-Aubin after Caffieri. As very often, the eighth volume (being the Œuvres badines) is not present. A [...]

1 800 €

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Evariste PARNY

Opuscules

Manoury, Londres, et se trouve à Caen 1787, in-16 (7,5x12,5cm), 2 volumes reliés.

Counterfeiting of the Cazin edition of 1781 pieces of these erotic, songs and literary madécasses mixtures. According permission placed at the end of the second volume, this fourth edition was printed in 1500 copies. It is decorated with two titles-engraved frontispiece, marked "Fifth Edition", [...]

500 €

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Jean-François de LA HARPE

Oeuvres, accompagnées d'une notice sur sa vie et sur ses ouvrages

Verdière, Paris 1821, 12,5x20,5cm, 16 volumes reliés.

Illustrated collected edition with a portrait of the author copper engraved by A. Migneret after a painting by Ducreux, a portrait engraved by Roger after Gérard, two illustrations after Devéria, with the artists' names simply engraved á la pointe, and 13 portraits copper engraved by Pierre [...]

1 000 €

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