MAROT, Clement (1495?-1544). Les Oeuvres. Lyon: Nicolas du Chemin, 1546. 3 parts in one, 16° (117 x 80mm). Italic and roman types, historiated and ornamental woodcut initials. (Small marginal stain in two leaves, faint spotting in two quires.) Citron morocco gilt by Trautz-Bauzonnet, central wreath with blue and red leather onlays, spine lettered in gilt, gilt turn-ins and edges. Provenance: indecipherable ink stamp on title -- Ambroise Firmin-Didot (1850 book label; sale June 1878, lot 248) -- Hector de Backer (sale I, Giraud-Badin, Paris, 17-20 February 1926, lot 223, 1,500FFr, where purchased).

MAROT, Clement (1495?-1544). Les Oeuvres. Lyon: Nicolas du Chemin, 1546. 3 parts in one, 16° (117 x 80mm). Italic and roman types, historiated and ornamental woodcut initials. (Small marginal stain in two leaves, faint spotting in two quires.) Citron morocco gilt by Trautz-Bauzonnet, central wreath with blue and red leather onlays, spine lettered in gilt, gilt turn-ins and edges. Provenance: indecipherable ink stamp on title -- Ambroise Firmin-Didot (1850 book label; sale June 1878, lot 248) -- Hector de Backer (sale I, Giraud-Badin, Paris, 17-20 February 1926, lot 223, 1,500FFr, where purchased).

A HANDSOME COPY of the first posthumous edition of the works of the Renaissance French poet, Clement Marot. A Protestant poet at the courts of Marguerite of Navarre and François I, Marot is celebrated for his songs of love and his influential translation of the Psalms. The edition was shared between four printers, each issuing it with their own imprint. Brunet III, 1455 (Le Bret issue); Tchemerzine VIII, 31: cites this copy and its ownership by Firmin-Didot and De Backer.