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MARION, Claude de, Count of DRUY. La Beauté de la valeur et de la lascheté du duel. Paris, 1658. FIRST EDITION. VERY RARE.
Sale 1241 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, including Americana
Nov 10, 2023
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MARION, Claude de, Count of DRUY (b.1611). La Beauté de la valeur et de la lascheté du duel. Paris: Jean Bessin and Nicollas Trabouillet, 1658.
4to (228 x 172 mm). Woodcut device on title-page. (Paper flaw on M2 affecting letters, some minor staining.) Contemporary limp vellum hand-lettered on spine (portions of vellum torn away lower cover, a few small stains). Provenance: A few notes in a contemporary hand; a few larger pencil markings in margin on a few leaves (many erased).
FIRST EDITION OF THIS RARE WORK, in which the author presents a strong indictment against dueling, earning him the praise of the general assembly of the clergy of France held in 1657. VERY RARE: According to online records, we trace only one copy of this work at auction in the last 50 years. Not in Cockle; not in Pardoel; Thimm p.82.