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[BOOK XVI].

MAROT (Clément). 

The Works of Clément Marot. 

Lyon, published by Jean de Tournes, 1546.

Estimate1 500 - 2 000
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MAROT (Clément). 

The Works of Clément Marot. 

Lyon, published by Jean de Tournes, 1546.

2 parts in 1 volume, in-18, 562 pp., (12) folios, (3) blank leaves, 303 pp. 18th-century marbled fawn calf, spine with 5 raised bands, gilt title, panels decorated with small ironwork, blind-stamped fillet on the covers, red edges, lower endpaper replaced, repairs (slight rubbing on a corner and the edge of the headband, title tarnished and soiled, sporadic discolouration).

Charles Cohn (or Colin? An old handwritten note on the back of the title page and at the bottom of the first page).

USTC, 40526, 4 copies. Cartier, 60. Mayer, 143. Tchemerzine, VIII, 32.

A very rare edition, one of the finest. ‘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* at the end of the first part. ” (Tchemerzine). Sign. a-z8, A-O8 (O6-8 blank); aa-tt8 (verso of tt8 blank).