[POETRY and VERSES. 18th–19th Centuries]. - Lot 112

[POETRY and VERSES. 18th–19th Centuries]. SET of 8 titles, all bound. -VILLON. The Works of François Villon. Paris: Antoine-Urbain Coustelier, 1723. In-12, (7)-112-64-56 pp. Old fawn calfskin, decorated ribbed spine, title label, gilt title (scuffs and worn edges, slight oxidation of the paper). The first critical edition of the medieval poet’s texts and the rarest and most sought-after volume of the Coustelier series. Published following Clément Marot’s edition, with notes by Eusèbe de Laurière and a letter from Père du Cerceau, it marks the revival of interest in Villon in the 18th century. Tchemerzine, V, 980. -SOMM, Henry. LE NOBLE, Alexandre. *La Rapinéide ou l’atelier*, a burlesque, comic, and tragic poem in 7 cantos by a former artist’s apprentice from the Gros and Girodet studios. Paris, Barraud, 1870. In-12. Caramel-colored half-shagreen binding of the period, smooth spine finely decorated (some tarnishing on the binding) Limited edition. One of 300 on laid paper, no. 25. Illustrated with 7 black etchings, in-text etched vignettes, and woodcut headpieces and tailpieces by Henry Somm. A fine copy. -DIGUET. *Sonnets amoureux*, 1878. Large 8vo. Period red morocco, decorated ribbed spine, gilt fillet, and fleurons on the covers (one corner of the front cover blackened, foxing). Original vellum cover preserved. Sent by the author. Very generous margins. Foxing -WINOC JACQUEMIN. Sonnets to Ninon: Flesh, Struggle, Spirit. Paris, Lemerre, 1867. 12mo. Contemporary havana half-shagreen, decorated ribbed spine, gilt title. Signed by the author. Army ex libris stamp. Attractive and delicate binding. -[HAMILTON]. *Le Belier*, a tale. 1762. In-16. Contemporary havana calfskin, smooth spine (some scuffing but interior fresh). Poems at the end. -BOUFFLERS. Works. Basel, 1807. In-8. Contemporary blue Bradel cardboard binding. -DULARD. The Greatness of God in the Wonders of Nature, 1750 In-16, contemporary speckled calfskin, smooth spine. -The Idylls of Bion and Moschus [followed by] Idylls. (Privilege dated 1686; likely a slightly later second edition). Small 12mo, 256 pp. and 155 pp., titles in red. Contemporary havana calfskin, decorated ribbed spine. From p. 207: Greek-French text. Contains the “Oaristys.” Idyll. Verses followed by a Note on the “Oaristys,” text in Greek and French Bion of Smyrna and Moschos of Syracuse were Greek poets of the 1st–2nd centuries BCE, of whom few works are known. Translated by Hilaire-Bernard de Longepierre in 1686, in Paris. A prized title of ancient Greek poetry. Provenance: from the library of Pierre Séjourné. Pierre Séjourné (1930–1993), a Parisian bookseller and lover of fine bindings, a flutist, and an enthusiast of literature and classical music, was as much a part of Paris’s artistic and literary circles as he was of the world of the Decorative Arts and its schools, thanks to his uncle, the architect and academician Albert Laprade. Also an author and actor, he devoted himself to writing and performing his own plays, which were staged primarily in the Paris region.