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Pontus de THYARD. Philosophical Discourses. In-4, brown morocco, decorated in the Du Seuil style with a fine toothed roulette decorating the central frame, 5-rib spine nicely decorated with gilt fleurons and foliage, interior lace, gilt edges ( Capé). Brunet, V-853 // De Backer, 514 // Tchemerzine-Scheler, V-896. (2 f. out of 4, including a portrait and a probably blank missing here)-368 f.-(12 f.) / ã4, a-z4, A-Z4, Aa-Zz4, Aaa-Zzz4, Aaaa-Cccc4 / 163 x 239 mm. Collective edition of Pontus de Thyard's six philosophical discourses. Pontus de Thyard (Thiard or Tiard), Seigneur de Bissy (1521-1605), received a solid classical education and took up poetry at an early age. His first collection of poems, Erreurs amoureuses, published in 1549 in Lyon, had a strong influence on the poets of his time, particularly Ronsard, whose first poems were printed later, in 1551, and Du Bellay, who only entered the poetic career at the end of 1550 with the publication of l' Olive. Thyard's contemporaries praised him praised him for having pulled poetry out of the quagmire of ignorance and for having served as a guide, through the publication of this book, to a host of fine minds. At the same time, Pontus de Thyard had taken his degrees in theology, entered holy orders and devoted himself more particularly to philosophical studies. In 1571, he was promoted to bishop of Chalon-sur-Saône, and produced works full of erudition, doctrine and philosophy. The collective edition brings together Solitaire premier, Solitaire Solitaire second, the Mantice, the First Curious, the Second curieux and the Scève ou Discours du temps de l'an et de ses parties. The first three were published between 1552 and 1558 by Jean de Tournes, and the other three in 1578 by Mamert Patisson. The Solitaire second, devoted to music, is illustrated with a large fold-out plate depicting the monochord and 23 diagrams in the text (including one in the errata). This edition is also illustrated with an engraved portrait by Thomas de Leu, which is missing here but has been replaced by the same portrait, flying, whose margins have been cut (140 x 175 mm). The collation of our copy conforms to that given by Tchemerzine and De Backer. The Lyon library has a copy containing an additional state of folio ã3. A fine copy, despite minor rubbing to the spines. Provenance: Rothon Soc. Jes. (? handwritten bookplate on title), Albert Pascal (bookplate) and Marquis de l'Aigle (bookplate from Château de Franc-Port).
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