Pancharis.

Tours, J. Mettayer, 1592

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Description du lot

12mo: 36 ff.

Green morocco by Thompson, covers ruled with three gilt fillets, gilt orn. spine on raised bands, gilt roll-stamp on borders, gilt inside dentelles, a.e.g.

Third edition (1st ed.: 1587) of the "Pancharis" of Jean Bonnefons (1554-1614), an imitation of the successful "Basia" of Janus Secundus. Small woodcut ornament on title. In italics. Ref. Pettegree (FB) 58763. - Cp. Cioranescu 4346 (1587 ed.). - Not in Adams, STC French. Bound with: [Durant, Gilles] - Imitations tirées du latin de Jean Bonnefons. Avec autres Amours et meslanges poétiques de l'invention de l'autheur. Ibidem, 1593. 144 ff. (occ. foxing). French adaptation of Bonnefons' "Pancharis" (1st ed.: 1587), augmented with similar verses by Gilles Durant (1554-1605). Small woodcut ornament on title within border. In italics. Ref. Pettegree (FB) 6421. - Cp. Cioranesco 4347 (1587 ed.). - Not in Adams, STC French. Prov. Hector De Backer (1843-1925), former president of the Société des bibliophiles et iconophiles de Belgique (bookpl. on leather).

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