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Le double des lettres des verdz gallandz. Avec les ditz de chascun . [N.p., n.d., but c.1530].
Le double des lettres des verdz gallandz. Avec les ditz de chascun . [N.p., n.d., but c.1530]. Small 8° (128 x 90 mm). Collation: A4. Lettres bâtardes , 21 lines. Large woodcut on title and verso of final leaf. Red morocco janseniste by Chambolle-Duru, gilt turn-ins, gilt edges. Provenance : comte de Lignerolles (sold Drouot, 5-16 March 1894, lot 1124) -- Edmée Maus (? evidence of his booklabel removed). EXTREMELY RARE AND CHARMING BOOKLET CONTAINING TWO SHORT TEXTS OF 53 AND 60 RHYMING VERSES, WITH DISTINGUISHED PROVENANCE. VERY POSSIBLY THE UNIQUE SURVIVING COPY. The title of this work is somewhat misleading as it is in fact a moral text extracted from La danse macabre , popular in France in the late 15th and early 16th century. The title woodcut presents the main character of the first work, Pathelin, and the advocat , and a second cut at the end illustrates a royal or princely figure in a long robe and a mounted knight in full armour. The second short work is about the metaphorical 'Chascun' (Everyman), what he says and feels about so many things in life, and what he would do if he could (but then mostly never does). While it reads today like an amusing jester's speech, it was composed with a moral, didactic purpose. Given its size and popular use, it is remarkable that even this single copy has survived. Brunet II, 129, 826; Bechtel D-395; Anatole de Montaiglon and James de Rothschild, Recueil de poésies françoises X, p. 147 ff.; USTC lists a title under no. 51520 with the remark 'no known surviving copy', but gives an approximate date around 1500, perhaps based on Brunet, who estimates 'early 16th century'.