Lot 1246
1246
JACQUES, J. Le faut-mourir et les excuses inutiles que l'on apporte à cette necessité. Le tout en vers burlesques. Rouen, J.B. Besongne, 1695. (10), 384, (2). W. woodcut front. (repeated at the end). 12°. Cont. limp vellum. (Weak hinges, slightly browned/foxed).
First published in 1655, a work of satiric verse on the inevitability of dying, presented in the form of exchanges between Death and the personifications of various occupations and character types.€ 100
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