DU BARTAS (Guillaume de Saluste). The Sepmaine or Creation of the world. Paris, Michel Gadouleau, 1583. 2 parts in one volume in-4, vellum overlay, title in ink on the spine, traces of binding (contemporary binding).Rare edition, commented by Simon Goulard, of this famous encyclopedic poem first published in 1578 and whose prodigious success is attested by the numerous editions that followed. The second part, with a special title page and pagination, includes the six books of La Judith, the Uranie ou Muse céleste, the poem of the Triomphe de la foi dedicated to Guy du Faur de Pibrac, and the poem written by the author to celebrate the entrance of the Queen of Navarre in Nerac. Marginal spotting, wormholes in the margins of several leaves, and completely browned quires.

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