L'Art poetique françois /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Laudun d'Aigaliers, Pierre de, 1575-1629 (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	French, Middle (ca. 1300-1600)
Published:	A Paris : pour Anthoine Du Breuil, au bout du Pont S. Michel, vis à vis le Marché Neuf, M. D. XCVIII. [1598]
Subjects:	French language > Middle French, 1300-1600 > Versification. French language > Versification > Early works to 1800. Poetics > Early works to 1800. French poetry > 16th century > History and criticism.

Description
Item Description:	Printer's device on title page; head- and end-pieces; initials. Pages 121-196 misnumbered 221-296. Signatures: a4, A-Q8/4, R2 "First edition: A poet's guide to poetry. Laudun treats ancient verse and provides the rules, virtues and pitfalls of over two dozen types, including many traditional forms eclipsed by the innovations of the Pléiade. He then discusses imitation, translation, dialect, neologisms, poetic license and the subjects a poet should master--medicine, law, astrology, logic, natural sciences ... The final portion takes up poetry in the theater and is the first examination of comic vernacular verse on the French stage."--From vendor's description.
Physical Description:	8 unnumbered pages, 296 [that is, 196] pages ; 14 cm
Place of Publication:	France -- Paris.