OGER-BLANCHET
287
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LORET, Jean - Poésies burlesques, contenant plusieurs épistr…
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287
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LORET, Jean - Poésies burlesques, contenant plusieurs épistr…
See original version (French)
Estimate €300
Voluntary lot
Description
LORET, Jean - Poésies burlesques, contenant plusieurs épistres à diverses personnes de la Cour, et autres oeuvres en ce genre d'escrire. Paris, Antoine de Sommaville, 1647. In-4, (10) ff, 212 pp, lacking the 2 ff. table, vellum with flaps.
TCH IV, 204. ''Extremely rare.'' Variation on Sommaville's address, which is here ''dans la petite salle des merciers'' instead of ''dans la petite salle du palais. These two addresses were used interchangeably by Sommaville (V. Renouard, Répertoire des imprimeurs parisiens, p. 409). First edition dedicated to Mademoiselle Descars ''fille d'honneur de la Reyne. Charlotte Descars was the elder sister of Marie de Hautefort, Duchess of Schomberg since 1646. Sixteen of the poems in the collection are dedicated to them and to other important figures in the Marshal's entourage.
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