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BAÏF (Jean-Antoine de).

Epistre au Roy, sous le nom de la Royne sa Mere : pour l'Instruction d'un bon Roy. Paris, Fédéric Morel, 1575. Booklet in-4, 6 leaves, red morocco, triple gilt fillet, double ribbed spine with gilt title throughout, interior lace, gilt edges (Godillot). First edition of this poem in which the poet uses the words of the queen mother, Catherine de Médicis, wife of Henri III, to give advice to her son, King of France in 1574 under the name Henri III. "Elle" concludes "her" poem as follows: Et si je ne me trompe, un présent je te envoie Such that the more you see it, the more joy you'll have, My Son, if you receive it so well From your Mother in your heart, as from good heart it leaves. A fine, well-bound copy. Dumoulin, n°249. - Diane Barbier-Mueller, Inventaire..., n°36.

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BAÏF (Jean-Antoine de).

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