Du BARTAS (Guillaume de Saluste) - Lot 70

Du BARTAS (Guillaume de Saluste) Première semaine (puis seconde semaine) ou Création du Monde. (Suivi de) Suite des oeuvres de G. de Saluste sieur du Bartas. Rouen, Du Petit Val, 1616. 2 large volumes in-12: 25f. 947pp. 15f. index / 6f. 682pp. - 12f., 365pp. 7f. (index). Antique soft vellum with covers, handwritten titles on spine. Rare Rouen edition of the works of Du Bartas, mainly occupied by the Sepmaine, inspired by the Bible, a famous encyclopedic poem that retraces the story of the creation of the world with extraordinary verve. Guillaume de Saluste is best known for his encyclopedic poem "La Sepmaine", inspired by the Bible. The work of this French poet, part of the Baroque aesthetic, is considered the most accomplished example of 16th-century scientific poetry. After Bernard du Poey's Ode du Gave, the "Third Day" of the Week contains the fifty verses that make up the second poetic text dedicated to the Pyrenees. Such was the success of this work that, until the author's death in 1590, editions followed one another without interruption.