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156 - CRÉTIN, Guillaume.
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Estimate €50 - €100
Description
CRÉTIN, Guillaume. POEMS. PARIS, printed by ANTOINE-URBAIN COUSTELIER, 1723. One volume, small 8vo (16 x 10 cm), title page, VI pp., (5) ff., 271 pp., (3) pp., (1) f., full contemporary binding in marbled calfskin. Spine with five raised bands, decorated and gilt, bearing the gilt title on a patch of old red morocco; gilt lace around the covers; decorated and gilt edges; edges marbled in red. An edition expanded to include two letters to Jean Molinet, canon of Valenciennes. The life of this poet is largely obscure; his real name was Dubois; for reasons unknown, he was nicknamed ‘Crétin’, a word meaning ‘small basket’ in the old language. – Clément Marot called him ‘the good Crétin’ in a double-entendre verse.
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Closing date 10/06/2026 at 8:00 PM
ID: 89078012
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