François BÉROALDE de VERVILLE. Les Apprehensions... Lot 133

François BÉROALDE de VERVILLE. Les Apprehensions spirituelles, Poemes & autres Oeuvres Philosophiques avec les Recherches de la pierre philosophale.- Les Cognoissances necessaires, poeme contenant plusieurs belles resolutions philosophiques... - François BÉROALDE de VERVILLE. Les Souspirs amoureux. Avec un discours Satyrique de ceux qui escrivent d'Amour, by N. Le Digne. Paris, Timothee Iouan, 1584. 2 works in a small in-12 volume, red morocco, triple cold-stamped fillet, 5-rib spine decorated in the same style, interior lace, gilt edges ( Bauzonnet-Trautz). Brunet, I-804 // Cioranescu, 3662-3664 // Tchemerzine-Scheler, I-648-650. I. (8f.)-55f.-(2f.bl.)-(3f.)-135f.-(1f.) / a8, A-E12, A-F12, G4, H8, I-M12, N4 // II. 60f. / A-E12 // 75 x 130 mm. Second edition of these two works which first appeared in 1583. The only changes are to the title pages, which are dated 1584. Tchemerzine-Scheler cites another change: on the title page of the Appréhensions spirituelles, we see poeme with, in the second printing, the e in the o, a remark that does not appear in our copy. A collection in verse and prose for the first work, and entirely in verse for the second. A highly erudite philosopher and mathematician, canon of the cathedral of Saint-Gatien de Tours in 1593, François Brouart, known as Béroalde de Verville (1556-1626), remains best known for his indispensable Moyen de parvenir, a book of tales with a less-than-religious and sometimes slightly licentious spirit. This overlooks the fact that he was also the author of tales, poetry and works on coats of arms, mathematical and mechanical instruments, philosophy... His Appréhensions spirituelles and Soupirs amoureux are his first collections of poetry. very free pieces [and] obscenities worthy of inclusion in Moyen de parvenir (Brunet). A very fine copy in a sober Bauzonnet-Trautz binding. One leaf shorter in margin in the first volume (D6) and a hole in leaf B12 with loss of 2 letters.