LEPINE DE GRAINVILLE
Memoire sur la vie de M. de Pibrac, avec les pieces justificatives, ses lettres amoureuses et ses quatrains
Chez Marc-Michel Rey|à Amsterdam 1761|10.50 x 17.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Contemporary full glazed brown calf binding. Spine with raised bands decorated with 5 attractive fleurons with stars at the corners. Beige morocco title label. Margins of the title page browned, as well as the second leaf. Upper margin of the blank leaf before the title torn and missing. Handsome copy, elegantly bound.
A much more complete biography than that published in Latin by Charles Pascal in 1584. Before becoming the author of the Quatrains, Pibrac was one of the most skillful negotiators of his time. Having returned to France after serving as ambassador to the Council of Trent and then to Poland, he was appointed Chancellor to the Queen of Navarre. It was the
Contemporary full glazed brown calf binding. Spine with raised bands decorated with 5 attractive fleurons with stars at the corners. Beige morocco title label. Margins of the title page browned, as well as the second leaf. Upper margin of the blank leaf before the title torn and missing. Handsome copy, elegantly bound.
A much more complete biography than that published in Latin by Charles Pascal in 1584. Before becoming the author of the Quatrains, Pibrac was one of the most skillful negotiators of his time. Having returned to France after serving as ambassador to the Council of Trent and then to Poland, he was appointed Chancellor to the Queen of Navarre. It was the
€350