MADAME LA COMTESSE DE LA SUZE (+) PELISSON.
Recueil de Pieces Galantes, en Prose et en Vers. 4 vols.
Paris, Gabriel Quinet, 1680.
8vo. Uniformly bound in four contemporary full calf bindings with five raised bands and richly gilt spines. Edges of boards gilt. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spines. Parts of gilting to spines worn off. Ex-libris pasted on to pasted down front end-papers. A nice set. (6), 192 pp. + frontispiece; (2), 192 pp.; (2), 192 pp.; (2), 204 pp.
Later edition, first published in 1666, of the Countess of Suze and Pellisson’s poetry. The work was reprinted several times during the later half of the 17th century, all editions are rare. Henriette de Coligny de La Suze (1618-1673) was a notable figure in 17th-century French literature and society. She was known for her involvement in poetry and gallantry and her circle included prominent literary and cultural figures of her time such as Ninon de Lenclos, Christine of Sweden and Madeleine de Scudéry. Brunet III, 869.
(Tchemerzine VII, pp. 100-102)
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DKK 6.500,00