GODEAU Antoine (1605-1672) poète et orateur sacré, évêque de Grasse et de Vence, membre fondateur de l'Académie dont il participa à la rédaction des statuts [AF 1634, 10e f]. Autograph POEM (apocryphal signature added); 1 page in-12 (engraved portrait attached). Huitain for Jean Chapelain, author of La Pucelle (printed 1656): "Transported with an ardent love, For your admirable virgin, I want to stay with her, More than one night, and more than one day; Send her to me therefore without fear, That I have evil designs; As a valiant woman I fear her, And respect her as a saint. Attached is a L.A.S. "Antoine E. de Vence," July 15 [1662] (2 pages in-4, address with broken red wax seals), condolences to Abbé Paul de FAGET, agent of the Clergy of France, on the death of "the archbishop, your uncle" [Pierre de MARCA]: the Church "has lost a great man"
Timed Tuesday 19 April 2022・19:00 (Europe/Paris)
Lot no. 81

GODEAU Antoine (1605-1672) poète et orateur sacré, évêque de Grasse et de Vence, membre fondateur de l'Académie dont il participa à la rédaction des statuts [AF 1634, 10e f]. Autograph POEM (apocryphal signature added); 1 page in-12 (engraved portrait attached). Huitain for Jean Chapelain, author of La Pucelle (printed 1656): "Transported with an ardent love, For your admirable virgin, I want to stay with her, More than one night, and more than one day; Send her to me therefore without fear, That I have evil designs; As a valiant woman I fear her, And respect her as a saint. Attached is a L.A.S. "Antoine E. de Vence," July 15 [1662] (2 pages in-4, address with broken red wax seals), condolences to Abbé Paul de FAGET, agent of the Clergy of France, on the death of "the archbishop, your uncle" [Pierre de MARCA]: the Church "has lost a great man"

Estimate
€700 - €800
Result
Not communicated
Buyer's premium
30%
GODEAU Antoine (1605-1672) poète et orateur sacré, évêque de Grasse et de Vence, membre fondateur de l'Académie dont il participa à la rédaction des statuts [AF 1634, 10e f]. Autograph POEM (apocryphal signature added); 1 page in-12 (engraved portrait attached). Huitain for Jean Chapelain, author of La Pucelle (printed 1656): "Transported with an ardent love, For your admirable virgin, I want to stay with her, More than one night, and more than one day; Send her to me therefore without fear, That I have evil designs; As a valiant woman I fear her, And respect her as a saint. Attached is a L.A.S. "Antoine E. de Vence," July 15 [1662] (2 pages in-4, address with broken red wax seals), condolences to Abbé Paul de FAGET, agent of the Clergy of France, on the death of "the archbishop, your uncle" [Pierre de MARCA]: the Church "has lost a great man"
Sale
ARISTOPHIL : French Academy
Tuesday 19 April 2022・19:00 (Europe/Paris)
Sale location coming soon 7 rue Drouot 75009 Paris