VIAU (Théophile de). The Works of Theophilus, divided into t - Lot 178

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VIAU (Théophile de). The Works of Theophilus, divided into t - Lot 178
VIAU (Théophile de). The Works of Theophilus, divided into three parts. First part containing the Immortality of the Soul, with several other pieces. The second, the Tragedies. And the third, the plays which he made during his prison. Dedicated to the fine minds of this time. Last edition. In Paris, at Antoine de Sommaville, 1661. 3 parts in 1 volume in-12, 266 pp. (1st part) and 282 pp. (2nd and 3rd parts). Bound in full dark green morocco, spine with 5 nerves partitioned and decorated with flowers, gilt lettering, date 1661 on the back of the spine, triple gilt framing on the boards, simple gilt fillet on the edges, interior roulette, marbled paper counterguards and endpapers, gilt edges (19th c. binding). Edition given by the poet Georges de Scudéry (the first in 1632), who signs the preface and Le Tombeau de Théophile. Brunet V-795: "The life of Théophile de Viau (1590-1626) holds the attention because of the thirst of freedom which it reveals, of the refusal to support the constraint and the spirit of revolt which it denotes. For licentious poems Théophile de Viau is imprisoned at the Châtelet in the cell of Ravaillac. He waits from 1623 to 1625 for the instruction of his trial, while his work is examined for evidence of his harvest against the moral order. Condemned in 1625 to be banished from Paris, he died the following year broken by his imprisonment ".
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