Rapin, Nicolas (1539-1608) Les Plaisirs du Gentilhomme Champestre; Les Plaisirs de la Vie Rustique; Claude Binets (fl. circa 1580) Les

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Rapin, Nicolas (1539-1608) Les Plaisirs du Gentilhomme Champestre; Les Plaisirs de la Vie Rustique;Claude Binet's (fl. circa 1580) Les Plaisirs de la Vie Rustique et Solitaire; [and] Guy Du Faur, Seigneur de Pibrac's (1529-1584) Les Quatrains. Paris: Pour la Veuve Breyer, 1583.
12mo, four titles bound together, each with its own title page and collation, full-page woodcut emblem on C5 verso in the final work, with a contemporary inscription in English written around the outside border of the woodcut; all titles bound together in contemporary limp parchment, top corner of front cover repaired, a horizontal break in the covering material across the spine, alum-tawed slips of sewing supports broken at back joint, ties lost, contents fresh, top right corner slightly worn down and dog-eared at the beginning of the text, 5 1/4 x 3 in.
These titles are rare in Worldcat.
Estimate $700-900

A-B12; A12; A-B12, C6; A-C12, (C12 blank and present).


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