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[Binding. Macaronic Poetry. Martin, Louis]
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Description
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L'Eschole de Salerne En vers Burlesques. & Duo Poemata Macaronica; de bello huguenotico; Et de Gestis Magnanimi & Prudentissimi Baldi. Paris: n.p., 1651
12mo (5 1/4 x 2 7/8 in.; 134 x 74 mm). Woodcut armillary sphere on title, woodcut headpieces and decorative initials. 19th century blue-gray morocco, gilt tooled in a panel design with gilt floral spray in center, spine richly gilt, green silk place holder, dentelles, red morocco gilt doublure, edges gilt, by E. Niedrée with his stamp on endpaper; upper joint cracking.
12mo (5 1/4 x 2 7/8 in.; 134 x 74 mm). Woodcut armillary sphere on title, woodcut headpieces and decorative initials. 19th century blue-gray morocco, gilt tooled in a panel design with gilt floral spray in center, spine richly gilt, green silk place holder, dentelles, red morocco gilt doublure, edges gilt, by E. Niedrée with his stamp on endpaper; upper joint cracking.
Provenance
Charles Nodier (bookplate) — Léopold Doublé (bookplate) — unidentified armorial bookplate — Henri Burton (bookplate)
Literature
E. Goldsmid, Bibliotheca Curiosa (1886), p. 41;
Condition
upper joint cracking
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
A very popular humorous treatment of health in a handsome binding.
The author of this burlesque was a seventeenth-century Parisian doctor, Louis Martin. Following in the footsteps of Merlin Coccaie and Scarron, he treats the health precepts attributed to the School of Salerno, in ten songs. The songs offer general advice on health, the air and food, the quality of food, the four seasons, dinner and dessert, herbs and vegetables, flowers and seeds; fruit, meat, and seasonal dishes. It is followed by the famous neo-Latin poem of Remy Belleau on the wars of religion, and a third on the deeds of "the most prudent Baldus."