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THE DELIGHTS OF GALANT POETRY - The Delights of Galant Poetr…
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246
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THE DELIGHTS OF GALANT POETRY - The Delights of Galant Poetr…
See original version (French)
Estimate €300
Voluntary lot
Description
THE DELIGHTS OF GALANT POETRY - The Delights of Galant Poetry, By the Most Famous Authors of Our Time
. Paris, Jean Ribou, 1666-1667. 3 parts in one vol. in-12, (10) ff. of which the frontispiece, 254 pp. ; (4) ff. of which the frontispiece, 136 pp. ; (4) ff. 88 pp. slightly yellowed paper, a few russets, half ivory vellum, smooth spine decorated and titled by hand.
GAY I, 842. LACHÈVRE III, 57, 58 and 59. First edition of part 3. ''This collection, which was really quite well done, was intended above all for the real Prétieuses, that is to say, the witty women of the time. (...) There are pieces in it which smell a little of the licence of satyric Parnassus, allusions to the misadventures of a Marquis de Langey...'' (Gay). It includes the following pieces in particular: Volume I: a play by Boileau: stances Sur l'Escole des Femmes (pp. 95-96) of which a stanza judged too badinage was cut from his works - a play by Corneille: Remerciment au roy (pp. 36-39) - a play by Molière: Stances galantes (p. 201) - a play by La Fontaine - Volume II: a play by Ch. Perrault. Bookplate of Frédéric Lachèvre.
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