BONNEFONS, Jean - Pancharis Io. Bonfonii Arverni. Lyon, Thom - Lot 40

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BONNEFONS, Jean - Pancharis Io. Bonfonii Arverni. Lyon, Thom - Lot 40
BONNEFONS, Jean - Pancharis Io. Bonfonii Arverni. Lyon, Thomas Soubron, 1593. Pet. in-12, 68 pp. 18th c. fawn calf, ornate ribbed spine. INDEX AURELIENSIS IV, 122.125. BALSAMO N°169. First published in 1587 by Abel L'angelier. Collection of erotic poems in the genre of Les Baisers de Jean Second dedicated to Jacques de La Guesle. The work was republished in Tours by Georges Drobet in 1593, of which this edition by Thomas Soubron is a forgery. The author was born in Auvergne around 1554 and was a lawyer in Paris under the protection of Achille de Harlay, who had him appointed lieutenant-general of the Bailliage of Bar-sur-Seine around 1584. Pancharis, the imaginary name of a mistress, is a collection of love poems that set him above all the poets of his century. (Bound in the following pages, as is often the case:) DURANT, Gilles, Sieur de la Bergerie - Imitations du latin de Jean Bonnefons avec autres gayetez amoureuses de l'invention de l'autheur. Idem, 153 (1) pp. slightly yellowed paper. The fruit of a literary friendship, the Imitations de la Pancharis de Jean Bonnefons par Gilles Durant et autres gayetés du même first appeared together with Jean Bonnefons in 1587, never to be separated again in the successive editions that attest to their success with contemporaries. Both were compatriots from Auvergne, and both were renowned lawyers. Gilles Durant, born around 1550 in Clermont, was one of the nine jurists chosen to reform the Custom of Paris. He is also known for his participation in the Satyre Ménippée with the famous Lamentation sur l'Ane Ligueur. The first part, entitled Imitations du Latin de Jean Bonnefons, is a free translation of Bonnefons' Pancharis. It's an anthology of erotic poems, whose Gallicisms combined with a certain tenderness are not lacking in charm. The Gayetés de Gilles Durant that follow contain songs, sonnets, odes and stanzas, most of them dedicated to Charlotte, whom he calls son île de chaste roc, but also to friends of the author: Cl. Binet, Fr. Miron, J. Bonnefons, Fr. Grelière de Macefer.
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