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DUBOUT (Albert). The libertine Muse. A selection of satirical poets with 40 original watercolours by Dubout. Paris, Les Editions du Valois, 1957. In-4 of 225 pages [2p.] ; 40 illustrations in color, 13 of which are full page. Printed at 4,569 numbered copies on Docelles vellum, n° 3883. Paperback, illustrated covers in colour, slipcase. An anthology of classical poets from the 15th to the 18th century, represented here by texts that are much less so. We meet Boileau, Du Bellay, the abbot of Grécourt, Clément Marot, Piron, Ronsard, Jean-Baptiste Rousseau or Voltaire, in a great unpacking of beautiful humor, illustrated with spirit by the ineffable Dubout. Box in good condition, some stains on the cover and spine worn.
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DUBOUT (Albert). The libertine Muse. A selection of satirical poets with 40 original watercolours by Dubout. Paris, Les Editions du Valois, 1957. In-4 of 225 pages [2p.] ; 40 illustrations in color, 13 of which are full page. Printed at 4,569 numbered copies on Docelles vellum, n° 3883. Paperback, illustrated covers in colour, slipcase. An anthology of classical poets from the 15th to the 18th century, represented here by texts that are much less so. We meet Boileau, Du Bellay, the abbot of Grécourt, Clément Marot, Piron, Ronsard, Jean-Baptiste Rousseau or Voltaire, in a great unpacking of beautiful humor, illustrated with spirit by the ineffable Dubout. Box in good condition, some stains on the cover and spine worn.
