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BOUCHET (Jean). Les Triumphes de la noble et amoureuse dame, et l'art de honnestement aymer, composed by the Traverseur des voyes périlleuses. Newly printed in Paris. Paris, Jehan André, 1545. In-8 of (12)-390 ff, blue morocco, spine ribbed, gilt cartouche on the boards, inner lace, gilt edges on marble (Duru et Chambolle 1863). Beautiful Parisian edition printed in round letters. The original edition was published in Poitiers in 1530. A great rhetorician from Poitiers belonging to the generation that preceded the Pléiade, the poet Jean Bouchet (1476-1557), known as the "traverser des voyes périlleuses", close to Rabelais and mocked by Du Bellay, nonetheless enjoyed a lasting success as a moralist, embodied in Triomphes de la noble et amoureuse dame (Poitiers, 1530), whose deceptive title masks a devout encyclopedia in prose and verse. Jean Bouchet has in fact brought into an allegorical framework a true treatise on theology and morality: the Noble Lady is none other than the soul itself and her triumph the accomplishment of virtue and morality in everyday life according to the Church. A very nice copy carefully prepared by Hippolyte Duru and René-Victor Chambolle in 1863, the last year of their association. Very light wetness on leaves XXV-XXVI.
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BOUCHET (Jean). Les Triumphes de la noble et amoureuse dame, et l'art de honnestement aymer, composed by the Traverseur des voyes périlleuses. Newly printed in Paris. Paris, Jehan André, 1545. In-8 of (12)-390 ff, blue morocco, spine ribbed, gilt cartouche on the boards, inner lace, gilt edges on marble (Duru et Chambolle 1863). Beautiful Parisian edition printed in round letters. The original edition was published in Poitiers in 1530. A great rhetorician from Poitiers belonging to the generation that preceded the Pléiade, the poet Jean Bouchet (1476-1557), known as the "traverser des voyes périlleuses", close to Rabelais and mocked by Du Bellay, nonetheless enjoyed a lasting success as a moralist, embodied in Triomphes de la noble et amoureuse dame (Poitiers, 1530), whose deceptive title masks a devout encyclopedia in prose and verse. Jean Bouchet has in fact brought into an allegorical framework a true treatise on theology and morality: the Noble Lady is none other than the soul itself and her triumph the accomplishment of virtue and morality in everyday life according to the Church. A very nice copy carefully prepared by Hippolyte Duru and René-Victor Chambolle in 1863, the last year of their association. Very light wetness on leaves XXV-XXVI.
