Lazare de BAÏF - Guillaume BOCHETEL. EURIPIDE. La... Lot 58

[Lazare de BAÏF - Guillaume BOCHETEL]. EURIPIDE. La Tragedie d'Euripide, nommee Hecuba: Traduicte de Grec en rhythme Françoise, dediee au Roy. Small in-8, red morocco, double fillet, 5-rib spine decorated in the same style, interior roulette, gilt edges ( Koehler). Brunet, II-1104 // Tchemerzine-Scheler, I-343. 104 / A-F8, G4 / 93 x 153 mm. Second edition, published six years after the original. Translation from Greek into French verse long attributed to Lazare de Baïf. In reality, it was written by another adviser to François I, Guillaume Bochetel, to whom it was returned in the early 20th century. Hecuba proper occupies pages 7 to 76, and is followed by several pieces of poetry: The Fable of Caunus and Biblis, inspired by Ovid, The Silve, after Silvanius, as well as various ballads, epitaphs and epigrams. Small brown spots and minor rubbing to binding. Early annotations in ink partially faded on title. Provenance: Armand Bertin (ex-libris, not in 1854 sale), Sir Thomas Powell (double ex-libris Chivilydd, April 20-21, 1888, no. 236) and Alfred Lindeboom (bookplate).