TITON DU TILLET (Evrad). THE FRENCH PARNASSUS, DEDICATED TO - Lot 216

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TITON DU TILLET (Evrad). THE FRENCH PARNASSUS, DEDICATED TO - Lot 216
TITON DU TILLET (Evrad). THE FRENCH PARNASSUS, DEDICATED TO THE KING. Paris, J.B. Coignard, 1732. Strong vol. in-folio of [12]-660-2bl.-661 to 322-110 pages, brown calf, spine decorated, red tr. (period binding). Titon du Tillet, who had a passion for arts and letters, had the idea to build a monument to the memory of the reign of Louis XIV and the great men who had illustrated it. Here is the part devoted to poets and musicians, all born in the 16th and 17th centuries, classified chronologically and forming a precious source of information. Following: Remarks on poetry and music and on performances. 3 supplements were published from 1743 to 1760. Engraved portrait by F. Petit, frontispiece by N. Tardieu dated 1730, engraved vignette to the title by Humblot, 4 large bands by Crepy, Boulogne, Humblot, and 12 plates of medals. Covers missing, one spine split, some handwritten annotations, one quire inverted, the 12 portraits not bound. At the beginning 2 poems handwritten by M. de la Savinière and a mention of the time " This book was given to me and sent by the author in 1746, accompanied by an extremely polite and most obliging letter... ». (Brunet V, 869).
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