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44 - DU VERDIER (Gilbert Saulnier). *Le Chevalier hipocondriaque*…
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Estimate €300 - €400
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DU VERDIER (Gilbert Saulnier). *Le Chevalier hipocondriaque*. Paris, Billaine, 1632. In-12, brown calfskin, decorated spine, red edges (18th-century binding). 7 unnumbered folios, 709 pp. 7 title pages (out of 8). First edition of this novel, whose hero is a melancholic man seeking to emulate the adventures of Amadis of Gaul following a romantic disappointment, and which follows in the wake of Charles Sorel’s *Le Berger extravagant* and *Don Quixote*. The last page of the front matter is missing. See the detailed entry for Losada Goya no. 135 – Lever, p. 104.
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About the sale Xavier de Planhol Library – The Origins of the Novel
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Auction time 09/30/2026 at 2:00 PM
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