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MARTIAL DE PARIS, known as d'Auvergne. Aresta Amorum. Cum erudita Benedicti Curtii Symphoriani explanatione. Lyon, Sébastien Gryphe, 1533. Small in-4 of [4] ff, 321 pp, [2] ff. for the errata followed by 2 pieces of verse, [1] f. colophon with gryphon mark. Red chagrin, spine ribbed, title, place and date gilt, double fillet framed on the caissons and sides, inner lace, gilt edges (19th c. binding). Rare early edition containing 51 rulings. The first edition was published around 1508 in Paris. "Although the text is accompanied, in this edition, by a very serious legal commentary by Benoist de Court [published for the first time in this edition], it is a series of parodic arrêts, in which legal procedure is applied to gallant causes chosen for their scabrous nature. [...] Martial de Paris was himself one of the many magistrates of the confrérie de la basoche who were fond of these parodies full of subtle and playful allusions. [...]" (notice attached). Title page and colophon ruled in red ink. Title page restored. Dim. ff. 209 x 153 mm. Minor spotting or foxing in places, a few discreet restorations. A very fine copy. Ex-libris JM (Brunet, III, 1483; Baudrier, VIII, p. 68.)

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MARTIAL DE PARIS, known as d'Auvergne. Aresta Amorum. Cum erudita Benedicti Curtii Symphoriani explanatione. Lyon, Sébastien Gryphe, 1533. Small in-4 of [4] ff, 321 pp, [2] ff. for the errata followed by 2 pieces of verse, [1] f. colophon with gryphon mark. Red chagrin, spine ribbed, title, place and date gilt, double fillet framed on the caissons and sides, inner lace, gilt edges (19th c. binding). Rare early edition containing 51 rulings. The first edition was published around 1508 in Paris. "Although the text is accompanied, in this edition, by a very serious legal commentary by Benoist de Court [published for the first time in this edition], it is a series of parodic arrêts, in which legal procedure is applied to gallant causes chosen for their scabrous nature. [...] Martial de Paris was himself one of the many magistrates of the confrérie de la basoche who were fond of these parodies full of subtle and playful allusions. [...]" (notice attached). Title page and colophon ruled in red ink. Title page restored. Dim. ff. 209 x 153 mm. Minor spotting or foxing in places, a few discreet restorations. A very fine copy. Ex-libris JM (Brunet, III, 1483; Baudrier, VIII, p. 68.)

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