François MAYNARD
Les oeuvres
Chez Augustin Courbé|à Paris 1646|17 x 22.50 cm|relié
First collected edition containing some unpublished pieces. One of the rare copies containing both epistles by Bois-Robert and Scarron (most copies contain fewer preliminary leaves). A frontispiece portrait of the author drawn by Petrus and engraved by Daret; a title vignette, printer's device on title page.
Contemporary limp vellum binding. Smooth unlettered spine. Light stains to upper board. Worming to preliminary leaves, after the first two leaves, to lower margin; although confined to margin, numerous wormholes throughout preliminary leaves. Also to note, worming to table of contents and extending from final text leaves, always to lower margin. Some foxing and yellowed leaves.
This edition was largely prepared by the author himself and is the only one he acknowledged, conscious of the value of his work and his approaching death (died in 1646); it contains 268 pieces, of which 173 are unpublished. Some pieces that had appeared in collective volumes do not appear in this complete works. François Maynard is one of the principal names in poetry of the first half of the 17th century, alongside Malherbe, Racan, Viau, Regnier. A disciple of Malherbe, his poetry is distinguished by the great clarity of its style and regularity of its verse; it also conveys a certain melancholy.
Contemporary limp vellum binding. Smooth unlettered spine. Light stains to upper board. Worming to preliminary leaves, after the first two leaves, to lower margin; although confined to margin, numerous wormholes throughout preliminary leaves. Also to note, worming to table of contents and extending from final text leaves, always to lower margin. Some foxing and yellowed leaves.
This edition was largely prepared by the author himself and is the only one he acknowledged, conscious of the value of his work and his approaching death (died in 1646); it contains 268 pieces, of which 173 are unpublished. Some pieces that had appeared in collective volumes do not appear in this complete works. François Maynard is one of the principal names in poetry of the first half of the 17th century, alongside Malherbe, Racan, Viau, Regnier. A disciple of Malherbe, his poetry is distinguished by the great clarity of its style and regularity of its verse; it also conveys a certain melancholy.
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