1544 Aresta Amorum Martial d’Auvergne Latin Romantic Love Poetry Arrets d’Amour
Martial d’Auvergne (1420–1508) was a French poet. Originally from Auvergne, he served as notary at Châtelet, and later as attorney (procureur) for the Paris parlement.
Nearly all of Martial d’Auvergne’s works are clearly dated and much is known about them. However, the origins of this work are uncertain and little is known about when it was written. It mainly focuses on satirical prose depicting beginnings and endings of romantic love.
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1544 Aresta Amorum Martial d’Auvergne Latin Romantic Love Poetry Arrets d’Amour
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Martial d’Auvergne (1420–1508) was a French poet. Originally from Auvergne, he served as notary at Châtelet, and later as attorney (procureur) for the Paris parlement.
Nearly all of Martial d’Auvergne’s works are clearly dated and much is known about them. However, the origins of this work are uncertain and little is known about when it was written. It mainly focuses on satirical prose depicting beginnings and endings of romantic love.
We do not find any other 1544 printings of this same work for sale elsewhere; however, we do find a 1566 for sale for over $1,300!
Main author: Martial, d’Auvergne; Benoît de Court
Title: Aresta amorum. Cum erudita Benedicti Curtii Symphoriani explanatione. Accessit huic editioni locupletissimus rerum ac vocabulorum index.
Published: Parisiis, Carolum Langelier, 1544.
Language: Latin
Notes & contents:
- Presumably originally written ca. 1490
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Pages: complete with all 211 pages; plus indexes, prefaces, and such
Publisher: Parisiis, Carolum Langelier, 1544.
Size: ~6.5in X 4in (16.5cm x 10cm)
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Martial d’Auvergne (Martial of Auvergne, Martial of Paris, 1420–1508) was a French poet. Originally from Auvergne, he served as notary at Châtelet, and later as attorney (procureur) for the Paris parlement.
His most important work are the Vigilles de Charles VII à neuf psaumes et neuf leçons (1493, edited 1724), a versified chronicle of the Hundred Years’ War.
His other works include Les Louenges de la benoiste Vierge Marie (1492), a devotional poem dedicated to Mary and the satirical Les Arrêts d’amour (undated, in prose) and L’Amant rendu cordelier à l’Observance d’amour (1490, in verse).
Category
Literature
Authors
Martial, d'Auvergne Benoît de Court
Printing Date
16th Century
Language
Latin
Binding
Leather
Book Condition
Good
Collation
Complete