Oeuvres. Revûes sur plusieurs Manuscrits, & sur plus de quarante Editions; et augmentées . Avec les ouvrages de Jean Marot son Père, ceux de Michel Marot son Fils, & les Piéces du Different de Clement avec François Sagon. Accompagnées d'une préface historique & d'Observations Critiques (par Le Chevalier Gordon de Percel, i.e. Nicolas Lenglet-Dufresnoy). 4 vols.

With striking engr. frontispiece portrait by G(abriel) F(rançois) L(ouis) Debrie (dated 1729), 4 engr. title vignettes by Adolf van der Laan (repeated), and 5 engr. head-pieces by Van de Laan and Pierre Filloeul (4). 4to. Contemp. calf, spines gilt with 2 labels, triple gilt fillets around sides, small gilt armorial supralibros (slightly rubbed, some small defects). La Haye, P. Gosse & J. Néaulme, 1731. Fine edition of Clément Marot's (1495-1544) complete works, published simultaneously with a 6 volume 12mo edition. The poet Marot was at one time almost forgotten, overshadowed by Ronsard and his school; from 1615 until 1701, there were no editions of his works. He was rediscovered, however, by poets like La Fontaine and J. B. Rousseau, there was even a style in his imitation called "marotique". - Light browning. - Quérard, La France littéraire, V, 554; Cohen/de Ricci 691; Lewine 344; Brunet III, 1458 ("édition . assez bonne et beaucoup plus complète que les autres"); Thieme/Becker VIII, 509 (Debrie) and XI, 568 (Filloeul), this edition mentioned. LITERATURE: FRENCH ;