De Caleti et Guinae,

(Calais.) [L'HOSPITAL (Michel de)]

De Caleti et Guinae,

oppidorum proximo hoc bello captorum, expugnatione, carmen longe doctissimum, cujus auctor is ipse est, qui & illius eruditiss. Epistolae ad Francisc. Guisiorum principem, proximè à nobis editae.

Description: woodcut printer's device on title, title dust-stained at edges, ff. [4, last page blank], 4to, stitched, spine slit in lower half

Publication Details: Paris: Fédéric Morel, 1558

Notes: Calais (and Guisnes), the loss of which was so memorably lamented by Queen Mary, was England's last foothold in France. This poem celebrates the loss, or rather gain, from the French point of view. This is the first edition, and the first issue, since another version exists, of 6 pages, with verses by Du Bellay and others added (Dumoulin 27). Dumoulin 8 includes the Epistolae ad Francisc. Guisiorum principem (as well as the first appearance of Du Bellay's Calais verses), of which l'Hospital was 'evidently' the author....moreCalais (and Guisnes), the loss of which was so memorably lamented by Queen Mary, was England's last foothold in France. This poem celebrates the loss, or rather gain, from the French point of view. This is the first edition, and the first issue, since another version exists, of 6 pages, with verses by Du Bellay and others added (Dumoulin 27). Dumoulin 8 includes the Epistolae ad Francisc. Guisiorum principem (as well as the first appearance of Du Bellay's Calais verses), of which l'Hospital was 'evidently' the author. HIDE

Bibliography: (Dumoulin 10; Adams L620)

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Subject: History

Published Date: 1558

Stock Number: 61023

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