Nouvelles poesies et prose galantes [en réalité] [Poesies du sieur de Malleville]

Third posthumous and rare edition of the works of Malleville, enhanced with a frontispiece. This collection first appeared in 1649. Not in Brunet or Quérard.
Full glazed blonde calf binding, 18th century. Spine with raised bands decorated with 5 fleurons. Red morocco title label. Traces of rubbing. Handsome copy.
20th century bookplate of J. C. Courbin. 4 bookmarks pasted in, notices of books from collections of Malleville's poetry.
Collection composed of sonnets, elegies, rondeaux, madrigals and epigrams. Malleville occupies an important place in the Précieux movement and was one of the masters of love poetry. "His style, abundant in imagery and conceits, was much admired by the Précieux. In fact, he represents an original effort to attempt to reconcile the purism of Malherbe's school [...] and the subtleties of Marinism." Dictionnaire des littératures.