Brunet, V, 1243 ; Cioranesco, 21874.<\/i><\/p>\n
First edition.<\/span><\/p>\n Hubert Philippe de Villiers was secretary to Antoine de Croy and later to Louis de Cond\u00e9.<\/p>\n Although he began his career as a soldier, it was as a poet that he gained recognition, to the point of appearing in the Discours de la vie<\/i> of Pierre de Ronsard in 1585. He also appeared alongside Ronsard and Joachim du Bellay in Le Parnasse des po\u00ebtes fran\u00e7ois modernes<\/i>, a collection compiled by Gilles Corrozet in 1571. <\/p>\n Although he translated the works of Girolamo Parabosco and Innocentio Ringhieri in the 1550s, Le Limas<\/i>, published in 1564, was his first own text. <\/p>\n The work is dedicated to Lord Pierre de Blanchefort (c.1520-1591). The latter belonged to an illustrious Limousin lineage, allied to the high nobility of greater Aquitaine. Both he and his son distinguished themselves by their loyalty to the Crown during the events brought about by the Saint League during the Wars of Religion. The dedication mentions the lord’s complex situation, and de Villiers gives him his support. <\/p>\n In addition to the dedication, the poem, printed in italics, begins by singing the praises of Blanchefort: “Blanchefort, dont la docte voix Ne chante que les sainctes loix”. <\/p>\n The verses depict a bloodthursty battle, the singing troupes, their fears and victories. <\/p>\n The text is printed almost entirely in italics, with the exception of the following verses in Roman type: “Gobez Capitaines avec nous<\/i>“, “Pour avoir mis par sa vaillance Cet estrange Monstre \u00e0 oultrance, Append \u00e0 son cuissen\u00e9 dieu La grasse despouill\u00e9 en ce lieu<\/i>.”<\/p>\n Very rare, we could locate only two institutional copies, both at Biblioth\u00e8que Nationale de France.<\/p>\n Provenance : Viollet Le Duc (book-plate, Catalogue de po\u00e9sies, p. 285).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Small 8vo (155 x 98 mm) 16 nn.ll. (last leaf with printer’s device). Nineteenth-century calf, covers decorated in blind, flat spine with green lettering piece.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":79023,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[544],"product_tag":[1243,1450],"class_list":{"0":"post-79028","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-literature","7":"product_tag-16th-century-literature","8":"product_tag-first-edition","9":"pa_auteur-villiers-hubert-philippe-de-2","10":"pa_type-de-livre-printed-book","12":"first","13":"outofstock","14":"shipping-taxable","15":"purchasable","16":"product-type-simple"},"acf":{"artist":"Hubert Philippe de VILLIERS","chapeau":"","adresse_bibliographique":"Paris, Imprimerie de Nicolas du Chemin, 1564","book_type":"Printed book","provenance":"","afficher_prix":""},"yoast_head":"\n