NOUVEAU RECUEIL DES PLUS BEAUX VERS DE CE TEMPS.... Lot 90

NOUVEAU RECUEIL DES PLUS BEAUX VERS DE CE TEMPS. Paris, Toussaint du Bray [De l'Imprimerie de Pierre Pautonnier], 1609. In-8, red morocco, triple gilt fillet, ornate spine, interior roulette, gilt edges (mid-19th century binding). First edition of the Toussaint de Bray collection, the first collection of poems of the 17th century. Dedicated to Charlotte des Ursins, viscountess of Auchy, Malherbe's muse (the famous Caliste), it contains 167 pieces, 138 of which are unpublished or did not appear in earlier collections. It includes poems by Du Perron, Bertaut, Motin, La Picardière, Davity, Lingendes, Audiguier, not forgetting Malherbe, who is represented with 15 pieces, including 12 new ones. This is the first poetic collection of its kind where each author's pieces are printed together and not scattered throughout the volume. Spine slightly darkened. Lachèvre, Recueils collectifs de poésie, I, pp. 46-49. - Diane Barbier-Mueller, Inventaire..., n°917.