Guillaume COQUILLART

New edition printed on laid paper, revised and annotated by Charles d'Héricault.
Full red paper board bindings, smooth spines slightly faded, blind-ruled frames to boards.
Handsome copies almost entirely free from foxing.
From the Bibliothèque elzévirienne.

The finest early edition. The volume forms part of the collection of French poets published by Coustelier (Racan, Cretin...). Bibliothèque Viollet Le Duc, p. 88: "Most correct edition of all those made of Coquillart's works". The text is however less correct than in the 1857 edition (Charles Héricault), according to Brunet.
Contemporary polished blonde calf binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title label (with loss). Headcaps lightly worn. Crack at foot and head of upper joint. Corners bumped.
Poet from Reims who died in 1510, whose poetry was mainly intended for clerks and students during performances of the famous Basoche of Paris; his verses were then declaimed during shows as they displayed undeniable comic and satirical talent and a license that could not be permitted in all circles.
Late 19th-century bookplate with library number: Ex Schaedis Doct. D. T. B. In secundis voluptas. Label Edition de l'Empire. Alger.