VILLON, FRANÇOIS. Les oeuvres de Francoys Villon de Paris, reveues et remises en leur entier par Clement Marot. Paris: François Regnault [c. 1535-1540]. 8vo, 119 x 75 mm. (4 5/8 x 2 15/16 in.), seventeenth-century speckled calf, spine gilt, worn, lacking final blank leaf, some minor soiling, a few leaves with childish scribblings in brown pencil in margins. Collation: A-G8. 55 (of 56) leaves. Roman type.

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VILLON, FRANÇOIS. Les oeuvres de Francoys Villon de Paris, reveues et remises en leur entier par Clement Marot. Paris: François Regnault [c. 1535-1540]. 8vo, 119 x 75 mm. (4 5/8 x 2 15/16 in.), seventeenth-century speckled calf, spine gilt, worn, lacking final blank leaf, some minor soiling, a few leaves with childish scribblings in brown pencil in margins. Collation: A-G8. 55 (of 56) leaves. Roman type.

One of several undated and unauthorized reeditions of Marot's edition of Villon's works (Paris: Galliot du Pré 1532). Like all early editions of Villon, this one is OF THE GREATEST RARITY, known to Tchemerzine only from the La Vallière copy cited by Brunet. Brunet V, 1249; Tchemerzine V, 978 d.

Provenance: Unidentified bookplate (motto, "Cum consommaverit homo tunc incipiet") -- Anatole de Basseville, bookplate.