La lyre du ieune Apollon, ou La muse naissante du petit de Beauchasteau. ....
Beauchasteau, François Mathieu Chastelet de,1645-
A Paris, : Chez Charles de Sercy ... Et Guillaume de Luynes ...,
1657..
Verses in praise of prominent men and women of the time composed by the author at 10 to 12 years of age; includes also a preface by Charles de Maynard and over 70 commendatory verses by various authors.
Copies vary in contents; for description of a copy presumed by Lachèvre to be complete, see his Glanes bibl. et litt., v. 1 (1929) p. 55-56. Paging according to Lachèvre: pt. 1, [44] leaves, 262 (i.e. 260) p. & [10] inserted leaves; pt. 2, [4] leaves, 127 p., [9] leaves, (tables & privilege) & [7] inserted leaves. In pt. 1, nos. 65-66 omitted in paging.
With engraved half title.
Epigrams, French.
Child authors.
Portraits, French.