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LORET, Jean - La Muse historique; ou recueil des lettres en …
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286
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LORET, Jean - La Muse historique; ou recueil des lettres en …
See original version (French)
Estimate €250
Voluntary lot
Description
LORET, Jean - La Muse historique; ou recueil des lettres en vers escrites à son altesse Mademoiselle de Longueville par le Sieur Loret. Paris, Charles Chenault, 1656. In-4, (18) ff, 311 pp, lacking the frontispiece and portraits of Loret and Mlle de Longueville, contemporary granulated brown calf, double gilt thread on boards, spine ribbed and decorated, headpieces remain.
TCH IV, 209. ''Very rare. DE BACKER n°769. First edition in volume gathering the weekly leaves published by Chenault from September 29, 1652. La Muse historique was first sent in the form of handwritten letters to Marie d'Orléans, known as Mademoiselle de Longueville. It was a sort of gazette of the news of the time and was so successful that it was printed. This first volume contains letters from 4 May to 25 December 1650. The following letters up to 1665 appeared from 1658 to 1665 in three folio volumes.
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