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5, ROYAL OPERA ARCADE
this, the King of Poland’s resident in that Court, sends word they
are very desirous of a peace, & offers to send hostages, for any
Commission that shall be sent to treat with them.” Etc.
The sole Correspondence of James I’s Lord High Treasurer—the
patron of Dryden and Lee, that has ever occurred. Rochester was
glorified by Dryden as the manly Hushai, “ the friend of David
in distress.” He published his father’s great work the “ History
of the Rebellion.”
303 RONSARD (Pierre de). [Vol. I.] Les | cevvres de |
P. de Ronsard I Gentilhomme I Vandomois. I Tome
Premier | Contenant ses Amours, diuisees en deux parties |
La premiere commentee par M. A. le Muret. | La seconde
par R. Belleau. | [Printer’s vignette with motto.] A
Paris, Chez Gabriel Buon, 1560.
“ Le Second Livre des Amours ” has a separate title-page and
foliation. At the end of the Table : “ Acheue d’imprimer le 29.
iour de Nouembre M.D.LX.”
[Vol. III.] Les Poemes de P. de Ronsard, Tome
Troisiesme. [Printer’s mark as in Vol. I.] [Im-print as
in Vol. /.], 1560.
[Vol. IV.] Les Hymnes de P. de Ronsard. [Im-
print as in Vol. I.], 1560.
On the recto of the last leaf above a typographical ornament,
“ Acheve d’imprimer le second iour de Decembre, 1560.” Verso
blank.
3 vols. in 2. i2mo. Vols. I and IV are bound together in their
original calf binding with a renaissance ornament in blind in the
centres of both sides. This ornament resembles the typographical
ornaments in the book itself.
Vol. HI is in early 17th-century calf, with a central gold fleuron
and single gilt fillet on sides, gilt leaves.
£200
*„* The First Collected Edition of Ronsard’s Works. One
OF THE world’s RAREST AND MOST PRECIOUS BOOKS.
“ Of prodigious rarity.”—Brunet.
Its importance is enhanced as we have here the primitive texts—■
Ronsard having re-written his works immediately for religious
reasons.
Only three perfect copies known : (1) Bibliotheque Nationale.
(2) The Locker-Lampson. (3) The Backer.
None of these is in contemporary binding. The last named was,
moreover, a very small copy with the headlines and signatures
cut into.
The present comprises the Sole examples of the Amours (Vol. I)
and the Hymnes (Vol. IV) bound in contemporary binding.
No copy, perfect or imperfect, in the British Museum.
135
this, the King of Poland’s resident in that Court, sends word they
are very desirous of a peace, & offers to send hostages, for any
Commission that shall be sent to treat with them.” Etc.
The sole Correspondence of James I’s Lord High Treasurer—the
patron of Dryden and Lee, that has ever occurred. Rochester was
glorified by Dryden as the manly Hushai, “ the friend of David
in distress.” He published his father’s great work the “ History
of the Rebellion.”
303 RONSARD (Pierre de). [Vol. I.] Les | cevvres de |
P. de Ronsard I Gentilhomme I Vandomois. I Tome
Premier | Contenant ses Amours, diuisees en deux parties |
La premiere commentee par M. A. le Muret. | La seconde
par R. Belleau. | [Printer’s vignette with motto.] A
Paris, Chez Gabriel Buon, 1560.
“ Le Second Livre des Amours ” has a separate title-page and
foliation. At the end of the Table : “ Acheue d’imprimer le 29.
iour de Nouembre M.D.LX.”
[Vol. III.] Les Poemes de P. de Ronsard, Tome
Troisiesme. [Printer’s mark as in Vol. I.] [Im-print as
in Vol. /.], 1560.
[Vol. IV.] Les Hymnes de P. de Ronsard. [Im-
print as in Vol. I.], 1560.
On the recto of the last leaf above a typographical ornament,
“ Acheve d’imprimer le second iour de Decembre, 1560.” Verso
blank.
3 vols. in 2. i2mo. Vols. I and IV are bound together in their
original calf binding with a renaissance ornament in blind in the
centres of both sides. This ornament resembles the typographical
ornaments in the book itself.
Vol. HI is in early 17th-century calf, with a central gold fleuron
and single gilt fillet on sides, gilt leaves.
£200
*„* The First Collected Edition of Ronsard’s Works. One
OF THE world’s RAREST AND MOST PRECIOUS BOOKS.
“ Of prodigious rarity.”—Brunet.
Its importance is enhanced as we have here the primitive texts—■
Ronsard having re-written his works immediately for religious
reasons.
Only three perfect copies known : (1) Bibliotheque Nationale.
(2) The Locker-Lampson. (3) The Backer.
None of these is in contemporary binding. The last named was,
moreover, a very small copy with the headlines and signatures
cut into.
The present comprises the Sole examples of the Amours (Vol. I)
and the Hymnes (Vol. IV) bound in contemporary binding.
No copy, perfect or imperfect, in the British Museum.
135
