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CONSTANT (Pierre).

La République des abeilles. Paris, Gervais Mallot, 1582. In-4, bradel stiff vellum (Binding circa 1900). Very rare first edition of this early poem by Pierre Constant, a poet from Langres. On the title, a fine typographical mark by Gervais Mallot, a bookseller active in Paris from 1570 to 1587 (Silvestre, no. 315). Pierre Constant was not a Protestant, but was a fierce enemy of the League party and devoted several works to the praise of Henri IV. Deploring the misery of the country, torn apart by the wars of religion, he invites the warring Franciscans to reconcile and live in peace, around their king, as the little honey flies do harmoniously in their hive with their queen. The poem is divided into four books, and begins with these lovely lines: I sing of the union, the state, also the morals, / Of these easy peoples who trade in flowers, / Together the works, & of their Republics / The well-observed law, their political ways, / And the soucy they have admirable of themselves, / To preserve, cherish, & honor a King [...]. At the end are 3 pieces in French and Latin, including a sonnet addressed to M. de Chasteau-Guibert on the noble nickname of his house, Taille fer de Montausier. Title a little browned. Notebook I shorter at head. J. P. Barbier-Mueller, IV-1 n°74. - N. Ducimetière, Mignonne..., n°125. - Techener, Bibliothèque champenoise, n°1183 ("Livre rare"). - Diane Barbier-Mueller, Inventaire..., n°134.

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CONSTANT (Pierre).

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