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Jean-Antoine de BAÏF. Les Amours. In-8, lemon morocco, triple fillet, nicely decorated 5-rib spine, interior lace, gilt edges, case ( Honnelaître). Brunet, I-612 // Tchemerzine-Scheler, I-239. 103 / a-f8, g4 / 100 x 161 mm. Rare first edition. The natural son of Lazare de Baïf, Jean-Antoine de Baïf, born in Venice in 1532, was a member of the Pléïade group around Ronsard, his fellow student at Jean Dorat's school. Baïf was an inventive explorer of the French language, interweaving Greek, Latin and dead language words in an attempt to introduce into French poetry the cadence of ancient verse and a phonetic spelling detached from etymology. His innovations, which even included the invention of a new alphabet, were not as successful as he had hoped, but they were not unhelpful to the progress of the French language at the time. He founded France's first literary society in 1571 and died in 1589, leaving behind a large body of work (poems, pastimes, games, tragedy, comedy, etc.). It was at the age of just twenty that he published his Amours, his second published work after Le Ravissement d'Europe, published the same year by the same publisher. Previously, he had given a few translations or published a few verses and couplets included in the Odes de Ronsard (1550). Comprising two books of sonnets and songs in a variety of meters, this collection of Amours Amours sings of the poet's passion for the beautiful Méline; it was later renamed Amours de Méline. Amours de Méline. A very fine copy, washed and finely established by Honnelaître. Restoration affecting a few letters on folio G3.
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Jean-Antoine de BAÏF. Les Amours. In-8, lemon morocco, triple fillet, nicely decorated 5-rib spine, interior lace, gilt edges, case ( Honnelaître). Brunet, I-612 // Tchemerzine-Scheler, I-239. 103 / a-f8, g4 / 100 x 161 mm. Rare first edition. The natural son of Lazare de Baïf, Jean-Antoine de Baïf, born in Venice in 1532, was a member of the Pléïade group around Ronsard, his fellow student at Jean Dorat's school. Baïf was an inventive explorer of the French language, interweaving Greek, Latin and dead language words in an attempt to introduce into French poetry the cadence of ancient verse and a phonetic spelling detached from etymology. His innovations, which even included the invention of a new alphabet, were not as successful as he had hoped, but they were not unhelpful to the progress of the French language at the time. He founded France's first literary society in 1571 and died in 1589, leaving behind a large body of work (poems, pastimes, games, tragedy, comedy, etc.). It was at the age of just twenty that he published his Amours, his second published work after Le Ravissement d'Europe, published the same year by the same publisher. Previously, he had given a few translations or published a few verses and couplets included in the Odes de Ronsard (1550). Comprising two books of sonnets and songs in a variety of meters, this collection of Amours Amours sings of the poet's passion for the beautiful Méline; it was later renamed Amours de Méline. Amours de Méline. A very fine copy, washed and finely established by Honnelaître. Restoration affecting a few letters on folio G3.
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