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Le moyen de parvenir by François Béroalde de Verville, (1556-1626)
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Le moyen de parvenir; oeuvre contenant la raison de tout ce qui a esté, est & sera : avec démonstrations certaines et nécessaires, selon la rencontre des effects de vertu .
n.d. (circa 1610).
FIRST EDITION
12mo 5 1/2 x 2 7/8 inches (135 x 74 mm); 691 pp. laid paper. Later Chembolle-Duru binding (stamped in gilt inside front cover) in green morocco with gilt frames on boards, raised bands with gilt floral decorations in compartments and gilt title, inner dentelles; marbled endpapers; a.e.g. Paper toning consistent with age, pages irregularly numbered as noted in Backer 551. Binding has a minor chip at top of spine, otherwise immaculate. Armorial bookplate of Soldati-Hubbard de Veaux pasted inside front cover.
[BNF31804426; Backer 551; Brunet v. 1.i, 806].
François Béroalde de Verville (1556 – 1626) was a French Renaissance novelist, poet and intellectual who was preoccupied with encyclopedic learning, the organization of knowledge and the difficulties of interpretation. This is his most famous work, a playful, chaotic, baroque, sometimes obscene book, first published around 1617. It is a parody of books of "table talk", of Rabelais and of Michel de Montaigne's "The Essays," in which a host of famous individuals debate, discuss and joke (with often coarse humor) about historical and philosophical matters.
This is an early edition, probably around 1650-1670, but not dated. Brunet, in his 'Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres,' describes an edition very similar but not identical to this, with similar irregular page numbering, and an early copy is also available for consultation online at the Bibliothèque nationale de France, Rare-books division, RES-Y2-2788; identifier: ark:/12148/bpt6k6363210k.
Condition: Fine
- Dimensions:Height: 5.32 in (13.5 cm)Width: 2.92 in (7.4 cm)Depth: 1.38 in (3.5 cm)
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- Date of Manufacture:1610
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Middletown, NY
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