LA ROQUE (Siméon-Guillaume de). Lot n° 66

Les Amours de Caristée. - The Continuation of Ariosto's Angelica. - Les Heureuses amours de Cloridan. Rouen, Raphaël du Petit-Val, 1594. Together 3 works in one volume in-12, fawn calf, cold fillet, ornate spine, black title page, red edges (18th century binding). Collection of three opuscules, all in first editions. The collection, compiled in the 18th century, includes Les Amours de Charistée, the author's second collection of amorous verse, La Continuation de l'Angélique and Les Heureuses amours de Cloridan. Elegant impressions by Raphaël du Petit-Val. From the library of the Dukes of Arenberg, with the large armorial bookplate engraved by Vermorcken and bearing the motto Christus protector meus. Perforation on folio E1. In Les Amours de Cloridan: spine glued to first line of folio 47, and last 3 folios slightly yellowed. J. P. Barbier-Mueller, IV-3, n°10-12. - Diane Barbier-Mueller, Inventaire..., n°431-433.