Robert LE ROCQUEZ from Carenten in Normandy. The... Lot 99

Robert LE ROCQUEZ from Carenten in Normandy. The Mirror of Eternity, comprising the seven ages of the world... In-8, brown calf with Du Seuil decoration, spine with 4 ornate nerves ( Period binding). Brunet, III-998 // Cioranescu, 13454 // Frère, II-219. (20 f.)-173 f.-(15 f.) / a8, e8, i4, A-Z8, Aa4 / 90 x 141 mm. First edition of these poems, now hard to find. The author, a priest, doctor of theology and poet, was born in Carentan (?-1559). His poems were published 29 years after his death by his nephew, also named Robert, also a doctor of theology. These poems are a kind of history of humanity since the creation of the world, which the author divides into seven ages of the world, four Monarchies, & diversity of the regnes of iceluy to finish with the Judgment of God, the punishment of the Reprobate, & the glory of the predestined. Old restorations with darker traces of leather, top margin a little short.