De nuptiis D. Eustachii de Refuge in supremo Senatu Consiliarij Regij & D. Helenae de Bellievre.

MOREL, Jean

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Lot description

[Paris, Ph. Du Pré, 1595]

4to: 6-[2] pp.

Mod. blind-ruled calf (sl. rubbed and tanned). Good copy.

Unrecorded epithalamium by Jean Morel (1539-1633), "principal du Collège de Reims (dans l’Université de Paris)" (Wikipédia), written for the wedding in 1595 of the courtier Eustache de Refuge (1564-1617) and Hélène de Bellièvre, daughter of the diplomat Pompone de Bellièvre (1529-1607), and widow of Claude Prévost (d. 1590), "Maître des Requêtes". Woodcut head-piece with the "Odiosa veritas" device of the Paris printer Philippe Du Pré, active 1588-1612.
Ref. Not in BnF (has 39 titles by Morel, but not this one!). - Not in Adams, BL, Oberlé, Pettegree (FB) etc.