Lot 1055
1055
MAROT, C. (Oeuvres). Lyon, J. de Tournes, 1579. (26), 597, (1); 314, (2) pp. W. medallion-shaped woodcut portr. on ti., typographical frame surrounding ti. of 2nd part & 22 text-woodcuts by Bernard Salomon. 16°. Old vellum w. overl. sides. (ties fail, ti-p. soiled and repaired, upper margin cut short, a few stains in places, sl. browned).
A fine illustrated De Tournes printing of Clement Marot, one of the greatest poets of the French Renaissance, whose use of the forms and imagery of Latin poetry had marked influence on the style of his successors. The first part of this volume contains his poetic works; the second is his translation of classical works. - Brunet III, 1457. Not in Adams.€ 400
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