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433 - Parapilla, or The deified life.
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Estimate €300 - €400

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Parapilla, or The deified life. Poeme en cinq chants, mis au jour par le chapitre général de quelques moines paillards, à l'instance de plusieurs religieuses échauffées. In-12: 55 pp; 5 h.-t. - Uncommon edition (orig.: Florence (i.e. Paris), 1776) of this famous verse adaptation of the "Novella dell'Angello Gabriello" attributed to the Lyon poet C. Borde (1711-1781). Ill. of 5 free plates (numbered I to V, the 1st in front.) copied from previous editions, in a falsely naive style, attributed to Borel or Marillier. - Ref. Dutel A-819. - Cp. Pia 1073-1075, BGL III:629-630, Nordmann I:62-sq. - Joint: [Barrin, Jean] - Les délices du cloître ou La religion en chemise. Genève, s.n., 1880. In-12. Br. 1st cover (brown paper reinforcement on spine). Int. fresh. Unlisted edition of this libertine dialogue between two nuns and a monk, attributed to Abbé Barrin and published under various titles including "La religieuse en chemise" since the original published around 1687 ("Vénus dans le cloître"). Cp. Dutel A-256/258, Pia 310-311, BGL I:844 (2 vols.)

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433 - Parapilla, or The deified life. See original version (French)

433 - Parapilla, or The deified life.
See original version (French)