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Les quatre premiers liures des odes de Pierre de Ronsard, Vandomois. ; Ensemble son Bocage.

Accession number
PML 17575
Creator
Ronsard, Pierre de, 1524-1585.
Published
A Paris : Chez Guillaume Cauellart [i.e. Cavellat] ..., 1550.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1911.
Notes
First leaf of errata, signed z3, is headed "Fautes en l'impression" and the 2nd, unsigned, has "Faute en l'exposition" and "Fautes en l'hinne de France." Running title on leaf 136v reads "BOVCAGE"; leaf 155 is correctly numbered.
First edition.
PML copy lacks 2 of the prelim. ff (there should be 10) - containing the "Suravertissement au lecteur & the privilege dated 10 Jan. 1549 (i.e. 1550)."
Description
[8], 170, [2] leaves ; 17 cm.
Provenance
Charles Nodier (1780-1844), bookplate; Robert Hoe (1839-1909), bookplate; Pierpont Morgan, purchased in 1911.
Binding
19th-century gilt-tooled red morocco by Trautz-Bauzonnet.
Classification
Department