Null [BOURDIGNE (Ch.). THE LEGEND OF MAISTRE PIERRE FAIFEU.

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[BOURDIGNE (Ch.). THE LEGEND OF MAISTRE PIERRE FAIFEU. Paris, Coustelier, 1723. In-12 of [10]-198 pages, garnet-red morocco, gilt fillets on the boards, inner lace, richly decorated spine, gilt edges (Allo) Famous licentious tales, the first edition of which appeared in 1526. A fine copy bearing the armorial bookplate of Sir Thomas Powell.

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[BOURDIGNE (Ch.). THE LEGEND OF MAISTRE PIERRE FAIFEU. Paris, Coustelier, 1723. In-12 of [10]-198 pages, garnet-red morocco, gilt fillets on the boards, inner lace, richly decorated spine, gilt edges (Allo) Famous licentious tales, the first edition of which appeared in 1526. A fine copy bearing the armorial bookplate of Sir Thomas Powell.

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Charles BOURDIGNÉ. La Legende ioyeuse maistre Pierre Faifeu Cõtenante plusieurs singularitez ｸ veritez, La gēntilesse ｸ subtilite de son esprit avecques les passetēps qu'il a faitz en ce monde / comme vous pourrez veoir en lysant les chappitres cy dedens cõtenuz, Avecqs Une epistre envoyee des champs Helysees... Small in-4, midnight-blue morocco, double interlocking fillets on the boards forming a double frame with small fleurons at the corners, ornate 5-nerve spine, interior lace, edges gilt on marble ( Bauzonnet-Trautz). Bechtel, 96/B-353 // Brunet, I-1177, II-139 // USTC, 94531. LIV (incorrectly numbered LV) / a-n4, o2 / 35 lines, goth. car. / 121 x 186 mm. Very rare first edition of this collection of forty-nine folk tales in verse. The author, brother of chronicler Jean de Bourdigné, was a priest in Angers, but a priest in the manner of Rabelais (Larousse). His dates are unknown, but the colophon indicates that he lived in 1531; Fin des faitz & dictz ioyeulx de Maistre pierre faifeu mis & redigez par messire Charles bordigne prestre le premier iour de mars lan mil. ccccc. xxxi. Bourdigné was the first French versifier, after Saint-Gelais, to alternate feminine and masculine rhymes fairly regularly. The work is a pleasant production reminiscent of Villon's Repues franches by Villon. It recounts the mischievous tricks of maître Pierre Faifeu, who lives by his wits, mixing farce and swindling. The work was first published in Angers in 1531-1532, and not in 1526 as Brunet indicates, who overlooked the colophon and was fooled by the title leaf, which was decorated with a frame on which the date 1526 would have read. These facéties were reprinted by Coustelier in the Collection des anciens poètes français au début du XVIIIe siècle . The title is adorned with a fine architectural frame featuring putti, basins, pillars, acanthus leaves and fountains. On the verso of the title, a poem addressed to the reader: Ballade aux lysans. This work is very rare. The USTC only lists the BnF copy. A very fine copy, finely bound by Bauzonnet-Trautz. Repairs to 4 leaves (i4, l3, m4, n4), 3 of which have slightly orange-colored glue discharges. Provenance: Count Wlgrin Taillefer (stamp on title) and Ambroise Firmin-Didot (bookplate, June 6-15, 1878, no. 208).

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