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45 - DU VERDIER (Gilbert Saulnier). *Les Sacrifices amoureux* or …
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DU VERDIER (Gilbert Saulnier). *Les Sacrifices amoureux* or *The Loves of Alcandre and Rozorée, Floridor and Cléonée, Sylvan and Marilinde, Clarimandre and Amatonte*… Dedicated to Her Highness the Princess of Piedmont.  Paris, Billaine, 1621. 12mo, marbled fawn calf, gilt fillet binding, gilt coat of arms, decorated spine, red edges (18th-century binding). 4 ff., 385 pp.  A very rare first edition. On p. 385, Lever describes the second edition of 1623, stating: ‘We have found no trace of the first edition.’ A copy bearing the coat of arms of the Marquise de Pompadour. Extensive collections of verses across several quires. Pompadour Catalogue no. 1516.
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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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