signed first edition
by DESPORTES (Philippe)
Paris: par la Veuve Mamert Patisson, 1604, 1603 & 1603.
3 vols. in one as usual, 12mo, 5.2 x 3 ins., [201, 8]; [18]; [xxvi]ff. Contemporary dark red morocco, backstrip richly gilt, gilt edges, lower cover with two small oval stains, slightly scuffed and corners bumped. A very pleasant copy.
§ First edition of the Psalms of David in French thus, conforms to the copy sold in 2012 for 249.50 euros. Brunet, II, 648. Lux Mentis notes of their copy: "Philippe Desportes (1546-1606), considered by his contemporaries as the greatest living poet, ensured the literary transition between Ronsard and Malherbe. Desportes' design was to give the Catholics of France a translation which was the equivalent of that of Marot and Théodore de Bèze for the Reformed. Published for the first time in 1591, numbering sixty, the psalms were increased to one hundred in 1598, and finally to one hundred and fifty in 1603. Title-frontispiece signed Thomas de Leu. (Inventory #: 126366)
3 vols. in one as usual, 12mo, 5.2 x 3 ins., [201, 8]; [18]; [xxvi]ff. Contemporary dark red morocco, backstrip richly gilt, gilt edges, lower cover with two small oval stains, slightly scuffed and corners bumped. A very pleasant copy.
§ First edition of the Psalms of David in French thus, conforms to the copy sold in 2012 for 249.50 euros. Brunet, II, 648. Lux Mentis notes of their copy: "Philippe Desportes (1546-1606), considered by his contemporaries as the greatest living poet, ensured the literary transition between Ronsard and Malherbe. Desportes' design was to give the Catholics of France a translation which was the equivalent of that of Marot and Théodore de Bèze for the Reformed. Published for the first time in 1591, numbering sixty, the psalms were increased to one hundred in 1598, and finally to one hundred and fifty in 1603. Title-frontispiece signed Thomas de Leu. (Inventory #: 126366)
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