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SAINTE-GARDE (Jacques CAREL de). Charles Martel...

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[SAINTE-GARDE (Jacques CAREL de)]. Charles Martel or the Saracens chased out of France. Heroic poem. Paris, Thomas Iolly, 1668, petit in-12, [36] p. Followed by : SAINTE GARDE (de). Les Sarrazins chassez de France. Heroic poem. Paris, Claude Barbin, 1667, petit in-12, f. de titre, 130 p. (+ the f. 75/76 in duplicate). The 2 (?) vol. bound together at the time in full vellum. From the Nordkirschen library (ex-libris). King's counsellor and chaplain. He published in 1666 this epic poem entitled: les Sarrasins chassés de France, whose hero was Childebrand whom Boileau mocked. Curious subject set in verse, curious edition with two titles from different publishers, different dates.