[Louis IX] Le Jeune [attr.]

La Louiseide, ou, Le héros chrétien; poeme épique [Two Volumes in One]

Paris: Merlin, 1773. Very Good. Item #32736

Paris: Chez Merlin, Libraire, rue de la Harpe, à Saint-Joseph, 1773. First Edition. Two volumes in one; octavo (20.5cm); contemporary calf over paper-covered boards, tan gilt spine label; [4],xxiv,318; [4],247,[1]pp. (collated complete); woodcut head- and tail-pieces throughout. Moderate wear to margins, front joint starting to crack but holding, brief leather flaking to spine, paper chipped along upper cover fore-edge, contemporary library's manuscript note on front free endpaper listing similar epic poems devoted to Louis IX, 20th-century Bordeaux bookseller ticket to front pastedown; a Very Good, internally clean and sound copy.

Quite uncommon epic poem devoted to the French King Louis IX who reigned from 1226 until his death in 1270. Known as both Saint Louis and the Monk King, he is the country's only canonized monarch. The work here is divided into twelve cantos, each of which is followed by the author's lengthy historical notes.

OCLC locates one copy in North America as of April, 2025, at UC Irvine.

Price: $450.00