Oct 02, 2002 - Sale 1944

Sale 1944 - Lot 169

Unsold
Estimate: $ 150 - $ 250
JACQUES, JACQUES. Le Faut-Mourir, et les Excuses Inutiles qu'on apporte à cette Nécessité. Le tout en Vers Burlesque. 166, [2], 255, [4] pages. 12mo, early 19th-century sprinkled calf gilt, spine ends chipped, joints cracked, cords intact; contents toned. Rouen: Jacques Hérault, 1657

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First published in 1655, a work of satiric verse on the inevitability of dying, presented in the form of exchanges between Death and the personifications of various occupations and character types.<