Antoine de NERVÈZE
Les Epistres morales du Sieur de Nerveze[Moral Epistles by Sieur de Nervèze]
Barthelemy Ancelin|Lyon 1609|8.2 x 14.8 cm|Relié
Work — complete with its engraved title-page — by Antoine de Nervèze, forgotten pioneer of French devotional literature. Father or brother of the précieuse Suzanne de Nervèze, he was the "darling of the Ladies" according to a Mazarinade, and friend to the poets Scévole de Sainte-Marthe, Philippe Desportes, and Jean Bertaut. Edition enriched with vegetal and zoomorphic headpieces and decorated initials. On the headpiece of the first epistle, two eagles brood over and feed their eaglets, while on the initial of the epistle concerning slander, a snake and a snail indulge in persiflage together.
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