MOYSSON (le père).

L'Adieu du pecheur aux vanitez. Avec une Tragedie traictant la mort du premier Roy d'Israël. Un Discours de la mort & Passion du Sauveur du monde. - ROUX (Jean). Les Fontaines de Valence. Tournon, Claude Michel, 1610. 2 works in one volume in-12, grained calf, cold fillet, ornate spine, red title page, red edges (18th century binding). Extremely rare Tournon impressions. The stanzas of L'Adieu du pécheur aux vanitez occupy 36 pages and are followed by the tragedy of Saul, the Discourse on the Death and Passion of the Savior of the World and mélanges et autres œuvres saintes. Father Moysson was principal of the humanities college in Valence. Jean Roux's work, which occupies six pages, is a poem celebrating the fountains of Valence, given as a gift to the county bishop. From the Bauffremont library, with their engraved armorial bookplate. Some dampstaining. Upper spine restored. Diane Barbier-Mueller, Inventaire..., n°550 and 785.