Poesies du Sieur de Malleville

First posthumous edition. Publisher's device on title page.
Contemporary limp vellum binding. Smooth unlettered spine with trace of pen writing. Trace of pale dampstaining on the table and privilege leaf, at bottom of page, in margin. The first endleaf has come loose from the pastedown. The pagination resumes at page 65 after page 72, without lack. Good copy.
The poet Claude Malleville (1597-1647) is one of the most notable representatives of the generation that immediately followed that of Malherbe. He is, from his beginnings, around 1620, a poet appreciated for the quality of his verses, a regular at the Hôtel de Rambouillet and the salon of Mademoiselle de Gournay, he collaborated brilliantly on La Guirlande de Julie and composed rondeaux and epigrams, which are recommended by the ease of their turn and craftsmanship. He was attached as secretary to the Maréchal de Bassompierre, and once the latter was arrested, Malleville died shortly after.