Satyre Menippee de la vertu de catholicon d'Espaigne. Et de la tenue des estats de Paris. : Augmentée outre les precedentes impressions tant de l'interpretation du mot de Higuiero d'infierno, & qui en est l'autheur, que du Supplément ou suite du catholicon. .

by: Le Roy, Jean, -1627; Fletcher, A. fmo RPJCB

Publication date: 1600

Topics: Sainte Ligue (1576-1593), Imprint 1600

Publisher: [Paris? : s.n.]

Collection: jcbfrench; JohnCarterBrownLibrary; americana

Contributor: John Carter Brown Library

Language: Middle French

Item Size: 693707937

Originally published: [Paris? 1594]

Supposed to be inspired by Jean Le Roy. The different prose pieces are by Jacques Gillot, Florent Chrestien, Nicolas Rapin, and Pierre Pithou, the verses by Jean Passerat, Nicolas Rapin, and Gilles Durant, the remarks and notes by Pierre Dupuy

Edition statement appears on title page between the words "estats de Paris" and "augmentee"

Place of publication suggested by Alden

Signatures: ã¹² A-F⁸ G-M¹² a-d¹²

"Discours" (leaves 85-96) identifies a Spanish drug "Higuiero d'infierno" as the prickly-pear cactus found in the West Indies

"Le supplement du catholicon" (leaves [97-144]) has special title page and separate signatures

European Americana

John Carter Brown Library copy is bound in contemporary vellum. Leaves [13-14], 3rd count, are misbound between leaves [10-11], 3rd count

John Carter Brown Library copy has: A. Fletcher: autograph