1661 FABLES Jean Desmarets 1st ed Greek Gods Mythology Poetry 2v French History

1661 FABLES Jean Desmarets 1^st ed Greek Gods Mythology Poetry 2v French History

 

Jean Desmarets was a 17^th-century French dramatists who began writing masterpieces after please Cardinal Richelieu with his work. He was responsible for many religious poems, many of which he took accepted Greek mythological stories and added Christian themes to otherwise pagan traditions. ‘La Verite des Fables’ romanticizes the ancient Greek gods.

 

Rare first edition.

 

Item number: #22784

Price: $750

 

DESMARETS, Jean de Saint-Sorlin

 

La vérité des fables, ou, L’histoire des dieux de l’antiquité.

 

A Paris: Chez Florentin Lambert, 1661. 1^st edition

 

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes
  • 1 – [36], 640, [14]
  • 2 – [2], 675, [17]
• Language: French
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~6.5in X 4in (16.5cm x 10cm)
• Quite rare

 

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