956 - Santeul, (J.B.) de.

Santeul, (J.B.) de. Hymns of Santeuil (!), translated into French verse by I.P.C.P.D. (i.e., Jean Poupin, parish priest, prior of Auxon). Paris, Barbou 1760. 2 leaves, XII, 317 pp., 2 leaves. Contemporary half-leather binding with red and gold lettering (scuffed). Barbier (3rd ed.) II, 872. - Santeul (1630–1697) is considered one of the greatest Neo-Latin poets of his century and composed some 400 hymns. He died as a result of a cruel prank by the Duke of Bourbon, who had mixed tobacco into his wine as a joke. - Binding with gold-stamped name “de Bayeux” on the front cover. - Front endpaper loose. - ╔Included:╗ Villa, A.T. Poetry. Pavia, Galeazzi 1790. 5 leaves, 296 pp., 1 leaf in contemporary leather with ribbing. - Rare collection of poems by Angelo Teodoro Villa (1723–1794), professor of eloquence at the University of Pavia. - Print likely dated 1785. - Some pages slightly stained. - ╔Benigne de Bossuet, J.╗ Histoire des variations des églises protestantes. 2nd ed. 4 vols. Paris, Desprez 1691. Contemporary leather binding (heavily rubbed, spine partially restored). - Cf. Brunet I, 1135 (first edition 1688). Early and rare edition. - Water-stained edges, original binding. - ╔Perefixe (de Beaumont), H.╗ *Histoire du Roi Henri le Grand*. Revised, corrected, and expanded by the author. Paris, Brocas 1786. 8 leaves, 485 pp., 1 leaf of contemporary leather with raised edges and gilt lettering (some pages with slight wormholes). - Rare edition. - Some pages slightly discolored. - Total of 4 works in 7 volumes.