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The GIRLS' DOCTRINAL. Small booklet in-4, lemon morocco, triple fillet, 5-rib spine nicely decorated with gilt small irons, interior lace, gilt edges ( Trautz-Bauzonnet). Not cited by Bechtel (241 et seq.) or Brunet (II-781). (4f.) / []4 / 24 or 26 lines, car. goth. / 86 x 130 mm. Extremely rare and perhaps the only copy of an edition not referenced in bibliographies. The Doctrinal des filles is a 14th-century work. In 1391, the English poet Chancer drew on it for his How the Goode Wif taught hir doughter. It was frequently published in the 15th and 16th centuries, with some variations, under the titles of Doctrinal des filles a marier, Doctrinal des filles à elles très utiles, Doctrinal des filles pour apprendre a estre bien saiges, or even Doctrinal des filles utile et proffitable. Composed of 34 octosyllabic quatrains, this piece advises young girls on virtue and behavior: Girl don't bristle Et delaissez plaisance vaine Car oysivete loyseulx maine A perdicion langoureuse (...) Fille ne prestez vos bouche In a secret place For whoever receives a gentle kiss Voulentiers du surplus saproche. At the end of this litany of warnings, we find, also set in verse, Les X cõmandemens de la loy et Les cinq commandemens de saincte esglise. Bechtel describes thirteen Gothic editions under the various titles given above, including five incunabula. In fact, none of them corresponds to ours, which he missed. Our edition is illustrated with a woodcut on the title depicting a young woman holding a vase. All editions of this Doctrinal are very rare. This copy comes from the library of the Comte de Lignerolles. In the catalog of his sale, it is mentioned that the copy had previously come from the library of Charles Nodier, whose bookplate has been preserved, but it has since been bound. Indeed, the Nodier catalog describes a copy bound in red morocco by Koehler, "charming copy by M. Audenet". The Audenet catalog describes a copy in red morocco by Closs. This would seem to be the Audenet-Nodier copy before it passed to Lignerolles, but the changes in binding and the conciseness of the contemporary notices do not allow us to confirm this. A very fine copy, fully ruled in red ink, in a fine binding by Trautz-Bauzonnet. Provenance: Adolphe Audenet (? April 2, 1839, no. 201), Charles Nodier (? ex-libris, 1844 catalog, no. 323) and Count Raoul de Lignerolles (II, March 5-17, 1894, no. 1119).
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The GIRLS' DOCTRINAL. Small booklet in-4, lemon morocco, triple fillet, 5-rib spine nicely decorated with gilt small irons, interior lace, gilt edges ( Trautz-Bauzonnet). Not cited by Bechtel (241 et seq.) or Brunet (II-781). (4f.) / []4 / 24 or 26 lines, car. goth. / 86 x 130 mm. Extremely rare and perhaps the only copy of an edition not referenced in bibliographies. The Doctrinal des filles is a 14th-century work. In 1391, the English poet Chancer drew on it for his How the Goode Wif taught hir doughter. It was frequently published in the 15th and 16th centuries, with some variations, under the titles of Doctrinal des filles a marier, Doctrinal des filles à elles très utiles, Doctrinal des filles pour apprendre a estre bien saiges, or even Doctrinal des filles utile et proffitable. Composed of 34 octosyllabic quatrains, this piece advises young girls on virtue and behavior: Girl don't bristle Et delaissez plaisance vaine Car oysivete loyseulx maine A perdicion langoureuse (...) Fille ne prestez vos bouche In a secret place For whoever receives a gentle kiss Voulentiers du surplus saproche. At the end of this litany of warnings, we find, also set in verse, Les X cõmandemens de la loy et Les cinq commandemens de saincte esglise. Bechtel describes thirteen Gothic editions under the various titles given above, including five incunabula. In fact, none of them corresponds to ours, which he missed. Our edition is illustrated with a woodcut on the title depicting a young woman holding a vase. All editions of this Doctrinal are very rare. This copy comes from the library of the Comte de Lignerolles. In the catalog of his sale, it is mentioned that the copy had previously come from the library of Charles Nodier, whose bookplate has been preserved, but it has since been bound. Indeed, the Nodier catalog describes a copy bound in red morocco by Koehler, "charming copy by M. Audenet". The Audenet catalog describes a copy in red morocco by Closs. This would seem to be the Audenet-Nodier copy before it passed to Lignerolles, but the changes in binding and the conciseness of the contemporary notices do not allow us to confirm this. A very fine copy, fully ruled in red ink, in a fine binding by Trautz-Bauzonnet. Provenance: Adolphe Audenet (? April 2, 1839, no. 201), Charles Nodier (? ex-libris, 1844 catalog, no. 323) and Count Raoul de Lignerolles (II, March 5-17, 1894, no. 1119).
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