Pierre de Ronsard died in 1585 leaving to posterity the massive volume in-folio of his Œuvres (Paris, G. Buon, 1584). In the subsequent nine editions published between 1587 and 1630, his editors augmented his poetry with commentaries and typographical components that enhanced his figure as a “classical” author. This article presents the various strategies explored by Ronsard’s editors to convey his image as the «Prince of poets». While preserving his poems in a faithful way that Ronsard defined before his death, his admirers seeked to disseminate his poetry through literary and musical anthologies as well as visual imagery
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