(1526). CHARTIER (Alain). LES FAICTZ ET DICTZ DE FEU DE BONN - Lot 113

(1526). CHARTIER (Alain). LES FAICTZ ET DICTZ DE FEU DE BONNE MEMOIRE Maistre Alain Chartier en son vivant Secrétaire du feu roy Charles septième du nom... Paris, Galliot du Pré, 1526. Small gothic folio of [6]-126 (misc. 124) leaves-1 p., glazed fawn calf, triple gilt frame, gilt A.A. on the covers, gilt edges (19th century binding). VERY RARE EDITION, the first to feature the Débat du gras et du Maigre. It opens with a handsome historiated title letter and is decorated with a large woodcut on the first leaf showing the author at work in his library, and another, on leaf 59, of a reader in the pulpit. The latter is preceded by an out-of-text genealogical table on royal descent from Saint Louis to Edward of England. The Faitctz et dictz by Alain Chartier (1385-1430) include the Curial, which deals with courtly manners, the Quagrilogue, considered a masterpiece of medieval political literature, and several verse pieces, the réveille-matin, the bréviaire des nobles, the livre des quatre dames, the hospital d'amours, les demandes et réponses d'amours.... and lastly the Débat du Gras et du Maigre, a sort of joust between two knights who have had different successes in love: one is fat and the other thin and emaciated. Remarkable 2-column Gothic printing, with good margins. Dry stamp of the bookseller Gancia, Brighton, on the flyleaf. Last leaf appears to be facsimile, otherwise from another copy and excessively washed. Spine rebacked. Restorations to hinges perfectly executed at the time. From the A. Audenet library. Audenet library (Sale 1841, n°660) and the Bechtel library with its bookplate. (Bechtel C-278) (Tchemerzine II, 298) (Fairfax-Murray French n°88) (USTC 1038).