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Lot n° 1253

VILLON, François.

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The Works, received and handed over in their entirety by Clement Marot. Paris, in the great hall of the palace in Jehan Andry's shop, [circa 1542]. In-16 (116 x 79 mm) of 55 ff.ch.; red morocco, large corner finials set with multiple gilded fillets, spine ribbed, inner caster (Bauzonnet-Purgold), and wine-coloured morocco case (Aussourd). Extremely rare edition in small round characters, reprint of the 1533 edition. ? It must have appeared around 1540, forming the 3rd part of an edition of Marot ? (Brunet). USTC does not locate any copy of this edition. Nice copy, preserved in a charming Bauzonnet-Purgold binding. Provenance: Robert Samuel Turner (ex-libris) - Georges Heilbrun (ex-libris). Tchemerzine-Scheler, V, 978; Brunet, V, 1249.