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[France] Satyre menippée de la vertu du catholicon d’Espagne, et de la tenue des Etats de Paris. A laquelle est ajoûté un Discours sur l’interpretation du mot de Higuiero del Infierno, & qui en est l’auteur. Plus le Regret sur la mort de l’asne Ligueur d’une damoiselle, qui mourut pendant le Siege de Paris [...]. Regensburg, Heirs of M. Kerner, 3 vol., 8vo: [1 bl., 1 bl., 4]-xxxvj [= 36]-464-[1 bl.], [1 bl., 8]-522-[pp., [1 bl., 2]-596-[2 bl.] pp. (sl. toned). 19th-c. gilt mottled leather, richly gilt spines with green morocco labels, blue marbled edges, marbled endpapers, silk markers. Nice copy on strong paper. New edition of a "famous satirical work, the first portion of which was published in Tours in It uses political satire to criticize the excesses of the Catholic League and Spanish pretensions during the Wars of Religion in France. The philosophy of the group of writers who collaborated on its production is that of the "Politiques", a group of moderate catholics who favoured peace, urged a separation of State and Church, sought political accommodation with the Huguenots and encouraged an alliance of the people and the monarchy to save the nation. By the end of the civil wars they had become an exceedingly troublesome thorn in the side of the Catholic League. The text of this biting satire, a major weapon in their fight against the League, was constantly being augmented, and re-published with many editions throughout the 17th and 18th centuries." (Fletcher). Engr. ill.: front. (I), 2 folding, 7 full-page and 1 half-page engravings. Title in red and black. Ref. Cohen - Not (yet) in VD-Prov. Shelf tickets at tails.