Jacques, J.
Rare, 1762, Poetry | Le Faut-Mourir et Les Excuses Inutiles qu’on apporte à cette necessité. A Lyon, Chez Antoine Molin, Libraire, 1762, 492 pp.
Poem in burlesque verse on the theme of the Dance Macabre, written by Jacques Jacques from Embrun. An apothecary from 1628 to 1636, he sold his pharmacy after the death of his wife and entered the Orders around 1640. The Dance Macabre, also called the Dance of Death, is an artistic genre of allegory of the Late Middle Ages on the universality of death. It was produced as memento mori, a reminder of the fragility of life and the vanity that lies within the glories of earthly life. Despite the many editions that were published of this work, the book has become rare.
Ex libris of G. Bredeault “Presbyteri” on front pastedown. Several manuscript annotations. Explanatory note in manuscipt on verso of first front endleaf.
French – poetry – death – burlesque – danse macabre – memento mori – vanitas – rare book
€ 185,30 (€ 170,00 ex. btw)