Gay-Lemonnyer, III, 1126 (this copy) ; see Brunet, V, 436.<\/i><\/p>\n
Extremely rare edition, probably the only one, containing all four books.<\/span><\/p>\n The Sommaire de tous les recueils des chansons tant amoureuses, rustiques, que musiciens<\/i> is a famous collection of Renaissance poetic texts and songs without notated music. Originally published in 1576 by the families of prominent booksellers and printers such as Nicolas Bonfons in Paris and Beno\u00eet Rigaud in Lyon, this collection saw a major and highly sought-after edition in 1582, containing all four books for the first time.<\/p>\n This work compiles the lyrics of popular songs of the period, often sung to dance tunes (such as branles, vaudevilles or voix de ville). It is organised as follows:<\/p>\n 1. Book One: Love Songs<\/p>\n \u2022 A collection of lyric poetry, courtly verses and sentimental laments inspired by the great poets of the Pl\u00e9iade (including slight adaptations or imitations of Pierre de Ronsard).<\/p>\n 2. Book Two: Rustic and Pastoral Songs<\/p>\n \u2022 It features dialogues between shepherds and shepherdesses, pastoral stories and texts with a lighter or more idyllic tone.<\/p>\n 3. Book Three: Musical Songs \/ Voices of the City<\/p>\n \u2022 More rhythmic songs, adapted to the polyphonic styles of the great musicians of the time (such as Orlando de Lassus) or modelled on well-known Parisian tunes.<\/p>\n 4. Book Four: New Songs \u00ab non encore mises en lumi\u00e8re \u00bb<\/p>\n \u2022 A section of additions inserted by the editor to include the latest successes of the year 1582.<\/p>\n No copy of this edition is listed in the BnF and Brunet has no record of this edition. <\/p>\n The 9 missing leaves from the first part were carefully copied at the time of binding and bound at the end, as well as 74 leaves containing 38 songs taken from the edition 1582 but omitted in this edition. <\/p>\n The inscription on the flyleaf by a previous owner bears witness to this: “Exemplaire probablement unique d’une \u00e9dition que M. Brunet n’a pas vu. Veinant, qui en fut le possesseur, a suppl\u00e9e 9 ff. manquant \u00e0 la premi\u00e8re partie et ajout\u00e9 deux appendices de 90 et 49 pages. Ce volume a ensuite appartenu \u00e0 M. Vill. Martin \u00e0 la vente de qui j’ai pay\u00e9 175 fr. sans les frais. Avril 1869, Prosper Blanchemain”.<\/i><\/p>\n The two inserted manuscript notebooks bear individual titles, including: Copie de trente huit chansons du recueil de 1582, qui n’ont pas \u00e9t\u00e9 reproduites dans celui de 1588,<\/i> 90 pp. (including 2 pp. of table), and Sommaire de tous les recueils des plus excellens chansons…<\/i> (Paris, Anthoune Hu\u00eb, n.d.), specifying that the following chansons are not to be found in the collections of Paris, Nicolas Bonfons, 1582 and 1588, 44pp. and 1 f. of table. The copies end with an Achev\u00e9 d’\u00e9crire dated 5 October 1851. <\/p>\n Gay-Lemonnyer quotes this copy as being sold by an amateur to Aubry in 1866 for 175fr. It then was included in the Ch\u00e9deau sale where it was sold for 225fr. A few short leaves shaved at head.<\/p>\n Albeit the defects, a pleant copy of this extremely rare edition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 4 parts in 1 volume, 16mo (112 x 71 mm) 102 num.ll. (missing leaves 50, and 57 to 64), 2 nn.ll. (tables) for part I ; 110 num.ll., 2 nn.ll. (tables) for part II ; 62 num.ll., 1 n.l. (tables) for part III ; 31 num.ll., 1 un.l. (tables) for part III\/2 ; 94 num.ll., 2 nn.ll. for part IV. Nineteenth-century red morocco by Hardy, triple gilt filet on covers, spine gilt with raised bands, marbled and gilt edges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":80268,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[544],"product_tag":[1243,1450,568],"class_list":{"0":"post-80273","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":"product_tag-music","10":"pa_auteur-anonyme-4","11":"pa_type-de-livre-printed-book","13":"first","14":"instock","15":"shipping-taxable","16":"purchasable","17":"product-type-simple"},"acf":{"artist":"[ANONYME]","chapeau":"Probably the only copy of the 1588 edition","adresse_bibliographique":"Paris, Nicolas Bonfons, 1588","book_type":"Printed book","provenance":"","afficher_prix":"oui"},"yoast_head":"\n