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DEHÉNAULT, Jean - Miscellaneous works; containing La consola…
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244
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DEHÉNAULT, Jean - Miscellaneous works; containing La consola…
See original version (French)
Estimate €300
Voluntary lot
Description
DEHÉNAULT, Jean - Miscellaneous works; containing La consolation à Olimpe sur la mort d'Alcimedon. L'imitation de quelques choeurs de Senecque le tragique. Letters in Verse & in Prose. The Lease of a Heart. Divers sonnets, & autres pieces. By the Sr. D. H***. Paris, Jean Ribou, 1670, in-12, (6) ff, 264 pp, one blank leaf missing (pp. 97-98), red morocco, spine ribbed with cold wires, inside dent, gilt all round (H. DURU).
VIOLLET LEDUC 537. LACHÈVRE II, 255. First edition. Dehénault or Hesnaut (1611?-1682) was a libertine poet, a pupil of Gassendi and a friend of Chapelle and Molière. He was considered to be one of the best verse writers of his time. Viollet Leduc lists the Lettre à Sapho, addressed to his pupil Madame Deshoulières, as the most remarkable piece in this collection.
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