(1573). TYARD (PONTUS DE). LES OEUVRES POETIQUES de Pontus de Tyard, seigneur de Bissy, à scavoir trois livres des erreurs amoureuses. Un livre des vers liriques, plus un recueil des nouvelles oeuvres poétiques. Paris, by Galiot du Pré, 1573. [8]-164 pages - Ponti Thyardei, Bissiani, ad Petrum Ronsardum, de Coelestibus alterismis Poëmatium. Parisis, Galéotum à Prato, 1573. 4 folios - Recueil des nouvelles oeuvres poétiques de Pontus de Tyard. n.d. 20 folios - Solitaire premier ou dialogue de la fureur poétique. Second edition. Paris, Galiot du Pré, s.d. [4]-68 pages - Mantice ou Discours de la vérité de divination par Astrologie. Second edition. Paris, Galiot du Pré, s.d. [4]-114-[1]-1bl. pages. 5 parts bound in 1 volume in-4°, saffron morocco, boards decorated with a radiant decoration formed of small parallel gilt fillets narrowing towards the centre, smooth spine decorated in the same way, double gilt fillet inside, calf lining, gilt edges (Richard). FIRST COLLECTIVE EDITION, PARTLY ORIGINAL, of the OEuvres poétiques by the poet and member of the Pléïade, Pontus de Tyard (1521-1605). It is dedicated "to a learned and virtuous Damoiselle", said to be the Countess of Retz. A fine and rare copy of these various poetic collections by Pontus de Tyard, one of the best poets of the Pléiade. The Latin poem De coelestibus asterismi (a four-leaf pamphlet which is sometimes missing) appears here for the first time. It is rare to find these different volumes together. This copy contains a note, part of which is written and signed by Pontus de Tyard: "Envoies moy quinze ou vingt ecus par Lesperaux et je les vous allouerai sur cette lettre avec sa quittance et aussi le drap que vous lui ferez donner pour un accoustrement..... Your affectionate friend, Pontus de Tyard, Anc. E. de Chalon". (After relinquishing his position as bishop in 1589, Pontus de Tyard retired to his lands at Bragny-sur-Saône, where he died. He owned the lands and castle of Bissy-sur-Fley). Handwritten note at the bottom of the title of the Jesuit college in Chaumont. "Collegii Calvomontani catalogo inscriptus, Dono R.P. Francesci Matthieu, 1684". The bookbinder is probably Raphael Richard, active from 1935 to 1963, successor of his father in Paris. Spotting on the boards. (Fléty, p. 152) (Tchemerzine V, 897) (Barbier Muller, Inventaire n°865-66) (USTC, 1553).