Vincent VOITURE
Les Oeuvres de Monsieur de Voiture
Chez la Veuve F. Mauger|à Paris 1706|9 x 16 cm|2 volumes reliés
Edition illustrated with a frontispiece and a portrait of the author.
Later binding (early 19th century) in full light calf. Smooth spines decorated with gilt fillets, decorative borders and fleurons. Gilt fillet framing the boards. All edges marbled.
One corner slightly bumped and some rubbing, otherwise a fine copy.
The work contains the author's letters and various poems. Voiture (1597-1648) was throughout his life a gallant and courtier, brilliant in salons and fond of games. His epistolary talent made prose fashionable in France for a long time, and his poetry excels in the mannered and precious tone, even though he knew how to be trivial when necessary. He is an essential figure of the literary scene of the early 17th century, a true Molière character. Voiture is above all a style, not only in his letters (Lettres amoureuses) and his poetry but also in his prose, see for example the delightful Métamorphoses. His works were in the image of the man, gallant, teaching beautiful language and fine manners to the habitués of the Hôtel de Rambouillet. His fame was very great during his century and he remains an emblem of the 17th century.
Later binding (early 19th century) in full light calf. Smooth spines decorated with gilt fillets, decorative borders and fleurons. Gilt fillet framing the boards. All edges marbled.
One corner slightly bumped and some rubbing, otherwise a fine copy.
The work contains the author's letters and various poems. Voiture (1597-1648) was throughout his life a gallant and courtier, brilliant in salons and fond of games. His epistolary talent made prose fashionable in France for a long time, and his poetry excels in the mannered and precious tone, even though he knew how to be trivial when necessary. He is an essential figure of the literary scene of the early 17th century, a true Molière character. Voiture is above all a style, not only in his letters (Lettres amoureuses) and his poetry but also in his prose, see for example the delightful Métamorphoses. His works were in the image of the man, gallant, teaching beautiful language and fine manners to the habitués of the Hôtel de Rambouillet. His fame was very great during his century and he remains an emblem of the 17th century.
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