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MAROT (Clément). The Works of Clément Marot.
See original version (French)
65
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MAROT (Clément). The Works of Clément Marot.
See original version (French)
Estimate €500 - €600
Voluntary lot
Description
MAROT (Clément).
The Works of Clément Marot.
Lyon: Jean de Tournes, 1546.
2 parts in 1 volume, in-18, 562 pp., (12) ff., (3) blank ff., 303 pp. 18th-century marbled fawn calf, ribbed spine, gilt title, ornate compartments with fine ironwork, blind-stamped fillet on the covers, red edges (one endpaper replaced, minor repairs to the caps and one corner, title oxidised and slightly soiled, a few scattered foxing spots).
Provenance:
Charles Cohn or Colin, with his old handwritten ex libris on the reverse of the title page and at the foot of the first page.
Bibliography:
USTC, 40526, 4 copies. Brunet, III, 1455.
Description:
‘First edition printed by Jean de Tournes, very rare and very attractive. It was published by Antoine du Moulin, and contains three new pieces: an epigram *Contre l’inique* (p. 416), an *Églogue* and a *Congratulation* ’ (Tchemerzine, VIII, 32).
The volume also contains Marot’s translations following the main text.
A fine, delicately engraved typographical mark on the title page.
See original version (French)
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