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285 - [17TH-CENTURY POETS]. A 10-volume set in-12.
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[17TH-CENTURY POETS]. A 10-volume set in-12. BREBEUF (Georges de). *Entretiens solitaires* or *Prayers and Pious Meditations in French Verse*. Based on the copy printed in Paris [Hollande], 1671. Early 19th-century fawn sheepskin. DESMARETS. Clovis, or Christian France. Paris, Girard, 1666. Contemporary sheepskin. Separate plates. COTIN. New Collection of Various Rondeaux. Part Two. Paris, Courbé, 1650. Canape-Belz morocco. COTIN. Christian Poems. Paris, Le Petit, 1668. Decorated olive morocco of the period. Handwritten bookplate: François-Joseph Regnauld de Beauvallon, Rector of the University of Poitiers, 1747. GOMBAULD. The Epigrams. Paris, Courbé, 1657. Gilded calfskin of the period. First edition. GODEAU (Antoine). Christian Poems. Paris, Le Petit, 1660. Calfskin of the period. ASSOUCY (d’). Ovid in High Spirits: A Travesty in Burlesque Verse. Paris, Quinet, 1664. Modern half-calf. LE MOYNE (Pierre). Saint Louis, or the Recaptured Holy Crown. Paris, Billaine, 1666, decorated calfskin, gilt edges (19th-century binding). Illustration as an insert. Copy belonging to Laurent Pichat (bookplate). DESMARESTS. Richelieu’s Walks, or Christian Virtues. Paris, Le Gras, 1653. Contemporary calfskin. SANTEUIL. Works, with translations by various authors, edited by P. A. Pinel de La Martelière. Paris, Benard, 1698. 17th-century blond calfskin bearing the coat of arms of Paulin Prondre de Guermantes (1650–1723). Olivier 1951, plate 1.
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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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