Lot n° 70
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VERGIER, Jacques - Oeuvres diverses de M. Vergier, commissai - Lot 70
VERGIER, Jacques - Oeuvres diverses de M. Vergier, commissaire de la Marine. Nouvelle édition, plus ample et plus correcte que les précédentes. Amsterdam, N. E. Lucas, 1731. 2 vols. in-12, (6) ff, 272 pp. (2) ff, 246 pp., (3) ff. ; (1) f., 245 (3) pp., (1) f., 234 pp., (3) ff., paper a little yellowed, qqs. light spotting, fawn calf from the ep., coat of arms in the center of the boards, spines with ornate nerves, charn. rest.
Jacques Vergier (1695-1720) was the son of a shoemaker. A friend of the aging La Fontaine, this Lyonnais wrote a series of badinages reminiscent of this one. He was shot dead by one of Cartouche's companions in the rue du Bout-du-Monde. With the coat of arms of the Comtesse de Verrue (1670-1636), Duchess of Savoy, famous for her salon and her collections of books and objets d'art (OHR 799).
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