L’Apollon Francois, Ov L’Abregé des Regles de la Poësie Françoise. Par L. I. L. B. G N.
Rouen, J. Courant 1674.
18mo (167 x 105 mm.). [iix], 39p..
Vellum boards (slightly bowed).
Only Edition. Rife with mythological misdirection and puzzling references to the Muses, the intolerant failed dramatist’s mediocre prosody manual is for lovers and social climbers of both sexes. It provides rules, model quatrains, sixains and sonnets along with an acrostic. Three of his plays flopped and another (Les Hust) was banned and its author imprisoned. I have not located a copy in the U.S. (that recorded at the Sutro library is another text). In good condition, a few margins partially uncut.
¶Cioranescu 43117; Frère, Manuel du bibliographe normand II: 101; Quérard, Les Supercheries littéraires II: 786.
Price: $2,200.00