Null PORTRAIT OF PIERRE DE RONSARD (1524 - 1585)
Identified at upper right. Orig…

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PORTRAIT OF PIERRE DE RONSARD (1524 - 1585) Identified at upper right. Original oil on canvas. France, 17th century. Bears an inscription on the back: " Pierre De Ronsard né en vendomois, Celebre poëte " Height : 56 cm - Width : 46 cm (small jumps at the edges)

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PORTRAIT OF PIERRE DE RONSARD (1524 - 1585) Identified at upper right. Original oil on canvas. France, 17th century. Bears an inscription on the back: " Pierre De Ronsard né en vendomois, Celebre poëte " Height : 56 cm - Width : 46 cm (small jumps at the edges)

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Pierre de RONSARD. Les Amours... Ensemble le cinquiesme de ses Odes. In-8, red morocco, gilt foliate central medallion on covers, 5-nerved spine decorated in the same style, interior lace, gilt edges ( Gruel). Barbier, MBP, II-9 // Tchemerzine-Scheler, V-418. 239-(32 f.) / a-p8, A-D8 / 105 x 166 mm. Extremely rare first edition. Pierre de Ronsard, born near Vendôme in 1524, is one of the major literary figures of the 16th century, and, along with the Pléiade brigade of poets he led, the driving force behind the poetic revival of the French language. Well-educated, he was attached as a page to several princes, including James V of Scotland and the future Henry II, but, deafened by illness at the age of 18, he abandoned the diplomatic career open to him to devote himself to poetry. He studied alongside Baïf under Jean Dorat, and inspired Du Bellay to write his manifesto Defense et illustration de la langue françoise. He fell in love with a young girl whom he named Cassandre, and composed numerous sonnets for her. Showered with praise, praised as the leader of a new school breathing variety, brilliance and new rhythms into poetry, he gathered around him, under the name Pléiade, Baïf, Du Bellay, Thyard, Jodelle, Belleau, Dorat and Pelletier Du Mans. He died in 1585. The collection of Amours consists of 184 sonnets inspired by his love for Cassandre, followed by the fifth book of Odes and the Bacchanales, a versified account of an excursion Dorat made with his pupils to Arcueil. The last 32 leaves contain notated music composed by Pierre Certon, Claude Goudimel, Marc-Antoine de Muret and Clément Janequin. The edition is decorated with antique portraits of Ronsard and Cassandre facing each other, surmounted by verses by Baïf. This is the first time these portraits have appeared. A very fine copy. Book D restored at foot and in inner margin.

Estim. 800 - 1 200 EUR

Pierre de RONSARD. Les Derniers vers de Pierre de Ronsard, gentilhomme Vendomois. Booklet in-4, bradel vellum ( 19th century binding). Tchemerzine-Scheler, V-455. 13 / A-B4 (last blank) / 144 x 215 mm. First edition published by Claude Binet. Second edition copy with page 14 blank and containing an epistle by Claude Binet entitled A la noble et vertueuse compagnie qui a honoré les obseques de Monsieur de Ronsard, Prince des Poëtes François. Buon's mark on title and portrait of Ronsard on verso. A copy in which a dozen blank leaves have been bound to thicken the binding. Binding foxed, leaves a little browned.

Estim. 70 - 100 EUR

RONSARD (Pierre de) - Les amours Illustrations by Lucy BOUCHER. Le chant des sphères Éditions d'art Sefer, Nice. Numbered copy 705. In 3 volumes. (good condition, edges slightly sunned)

Estim. 10 - 20 EUR

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