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21 - MEIGRET (Louis): A Treatise on French Grammar.
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MEIGRET (Louis): A Treatise on French Grammar. [Followed by]: Louis Meigret’s Reply to the Desperate Rejoinder by Glasmalis de Vezelet, disguised as Gyllaome des Aostels. Louis Meigret’s Defences Concerning his French Orthography, against the criticisms and slanders of Glasmalis de Vezelet and his followers. Louis Meigret’s Reply to Jacques Pelletier’s Apology. Paris, Wechel, 1550, and for the second part, 1551; bound together in one small quarto volume, soft vellum with laces. Later title page in red morocco. Contemporary binding. EXTREMELY RARE FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST MAJOR GRAMMAR OF THE FRENCH LANGUAGE WRITTEN IN FRENCH, ‘sought after for its uniqueness’ (Brunet). Louis Meigret (c. 1510–1558) was a grammarian from Lyon and a reformer of the French language. (A very minor scorch on the upper edge of the fourth part, which does not affect the text). Brunet, III, 1578. – Charles-Louis Livet, *La Grammaire française et les grammairiens du XVIe siècle*, 1859.
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About the sale AUCTION: Slatkine Library
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Auction time 09/22/2026 at 6:30 PM
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