RONSARD, Pierre de (1524-1585). Les quatre premiers livre de la Franciade. Au Roy tres-chrestien, Charles, neufieme de ce nom… Paris : Gabriel Buon, 1572. - photo 1

RONSARD, Pierre de (1524-1585). Les quatre premiers livre de la Franciade. Au Roy tres-chrestien, Charles, neufieme de ce nom… Paris : Gabriel Buon, 1572.

Lot 98
23.03.2021 14:30UTC +01:00
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Starting price
€ 25 000
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Event locationFrance, Paris
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Lot 98 | RONSARD, Pierre de (1524-1585). Les quatre premiers livre de la Franciade. Au Roy tres-chrestien, Charles, neufieme de ce nom… Paris : Gabriel Buon, 1572.
Estimate value
€ 25 000 – 35 000
RONSARD, Pierre de (1524-1585). Les quatre premiers livre de la Franciade. Au Roy tres-chrestien, Charles, neufieme de ce nom… Paris : Gabriel Buon, 1572.



Edition originale : exemplaire de second état.

J. P. Barbier-Mueller relève que chacun des exemplaires qu’il avait pu examiner comporte de très légères variantes : en effet Ronsard effectua des corrections en cours de tirage et les cahiers fautifs ou rectifiés furent mélangés.

Au poète du roi Henri II revenait l’honneur de composer l’épopée nationale qui puisse rivaliser avec l’Iliade et l’Enéide. Le projet des années 1550 tourna court, se bornant aux quatre premiers chants, publiés au lendemain de la Saint Barthélémy. Ronsard fut le premier à reconnaître son échec. Comme aimé à le répéter Voltaire : « Les Français n’ont pas la tête épique. »



Exemplaire de Jean de Piochet, abondamment annoté à l’époque. Piochet écrit au titre « tome septiesme », ce qui sous-entend que ce volume fut souvent considéré comme le septième volume des Œuvres in-quarto données par Buon en 1567 (voir le lot 94 de la vente), ce que confirme Tchemerzine. Le bibliophile de Chambery ajoute ses commentaires (références aux sources, corrections typographiques et parfois même stylistiques ou quelques allusions cachées) sur 108 pages annotées. USTC 2530 ; J. P. Barbier-Mueller, MBP, II, 52 et 112 ; N. Ducimetière, Mignonne…, 17 (un autre exemplaire) ; Diane Barbier-Mueller, Inventaire…, 748 : « état hybride » ; Tchemerzine, V, 452-453 ; Brunet, I, 752.



In-4 (230 x 158 mm). Marque de l’imprimeur, portrait du poète et du Roi Charles IX (un autre ajouté au XIXe siècle par Blanchemain), bandeaux, lettrines et culs-de-lampe gravés. Reliure du XIXe siècle : vélin ivoire, décor à la Duseuil, chiffre doré dans un cartouche imitation Renaissance au centre des plats, dos lisse orné de fleurs de lys dorées, tranches dorées (quelques rousseurs et feuillets brunis). Provenance : Jean de Piochet (ex-libris manuscrit au titre) -- Prosper Blanchemain (chiffre).







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