MONTCHRESTIEN, Antoine de (1575 - 1621). Les Tragédies. [suivi de] Bergerie. Rouen : Jean Petit, [1601]. - photo 1

MONTCHRESTIEN, Antoine de (1575 - 1621). Les Tragédies. [suivi de] Bergerie. Rouen : Jean Petit, [1601].

Lot 62
23.03.2021 14:30UTC +01:00
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Lot 62 | MONTCHRESTIEN, Antoine de (1575 - 1621). Les Tragédies. [suivi de] Bergerie. Rouen : Jean Petit, [1601].
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€ 3 000 – 4 000
MONTCHRESTIEN, Antoine de (1575 - 1621). Les Tragédies. [suivi de] Bergerie. Rouen : Jean Petit, [1601].



Première édition collective des Tragédies, en grande partie originale.

Le recueil est illustré du seul portrait connu du poète qui, par ailleurs, passe pour être « le premier économiste français ».



Seule la Sophonisbe avait paru en 1596. Les changements que l'on observe dans la Sophonisbe, rebaptisée ici La Carthaginoise, sont dus à Malherbe. On relève également David, d'un réalisme biblique, L'Écossaise (sur Marie Stuart) et Hector, qui annonce les thèmes cornéliens.

La seconde partie, Bergerie, ne bénéficie pas d’une page de titre en propre mais elle comporte une pagination séparée.



J.-P. Barbier-Mueller, MBP, IV-4, 14 : "Je n'ai jamais vu un autre bel exemplaire de la présente édition." ; Diane Barbier-Mueller, Inventaire…, 526 ; N. Ducimetière, Mignonne…, 134 ; Brunet, III, 1848 ; Cioranesco, 16013 ; Tchemerzine, IV, 915c ; FVB-28263 : fait état d'une première édition à Rouen en 1600 : le seul exemplaire repéré est à Besançon.



In-8 (160 x 100 mm). Exemplaire de seconde émission. Titre dans un bel encadrement gravé, portrait de l’auteur, bandeaux et lettrines gravées. Les pages 352 à 354 sont blanches, comme il se doit. Reliure signée Chambolle-Duru : maroquin rouge janséniste, dos à nerfs, tranches dorées (dos passé, restaurations au feuillet de titre, quelques salissures). Provenance : La Germonière (ex-libris, vente 1996, n° 251) -- comte Szaniecki (vente du 11 avril 1975, n° 144).







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