[Confrérie des Conards]. Les Triomphes de l'Abbaye des Conar - Lot 410

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[Confrérie des Conards]. Les Triomphes de l'Abbaye des Conar - Lot 410
[Confrérie des Conards]. Les Triomphes de l'Abbaye des Conards avec une notice sur la fête des fous by Marc de MONTIFAUD. Paris, Librairie des bibliophiles, 1874. In-12 red half-chagrin, ornate ribbed spine, gilt fillet on covers, gilt head (period binding). Edition of 320 copies; n°41 of 300 on laid paper. Les Conards - also known by the old spelling "Cosnards" - is the name of a brotherhood and the carnival festival it organized in Rouen during the "jours gras" (fat days), from the 14th to the 17th century. Conard brotherhoods also existed in Évreux, from 1345 to 1420, in Cherbourg, and in Le Puy-en-Velay. The Rouen festival and brotherhood disappeared, victim of a ban promulgated by Cardinal de Richelieu. All these brotherhoods represented the equivalent in these towns of other brotherhoods such as the Badin and Turlupin in Paris, the Mau-gouverne in Poitiers, the Mère folle in Dijon, etc. (source Wikipedia). Bookplate J.M.
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