POEYDAVANT abbé - Lot 489

POEYDAVANT abbé Histoire des troubles survenus en Béarn dans le 16ème et la moitié du 17ème siècle. Pau, Tonnet, 1819-21. 3 volumes in 8: 2f. (avis), 476pp. / 1f., 490pp. / 1f., 462pp. ½ 19th century brown chagrin, gilt titles and tomaisons on spines. A fine copy. The Palois publisher took his time to publish this important work. The author, parish priest of St. Martin de Salies, had almost finished his work when he was forced into exile in Spain. On his return to France, he completed his task, but death took him before he could enjoy the printed books. BATCAVE reported it to be very rare; a few copies circulated in the last decade, but are now rare again. One thing is clear: now that the great "old" bibliophiles are all dead, we can expect to see a rarity in the future of certain titles that we have seen several times in a row in recent years, until we thought they were commonplace. (Bilbao VI, 591)