GAUCHET, Claude - Lot 118

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GAUCHET, Claude - Lot 118
GAUCHET, Claude Le Plaisir des champs divided into four books according to the four seasons of the year Paris, Abel l'Angelier, 1604 POETRY AND THE COUNTRYSIDE UNDER HENRI IV Second edition, dedicated to Hercule de Rohan, Duc de Montbazon, Grand Veneur de France. Small in-4 (221 x 155 mm). Woodcut initials and bands. COLLATION: a4 A-Z4 2A-R4, i.e. 4 ff. 319 pp. BINDING. Jansenist red morocco, ribbed spine, gilt edges. PROVENANCE: Neuilly-sur-Seine, June 17, 2004, no. 174, €4,000 including costs. Old restorations to the title and last leaf where a collector's mark probably used to be. Compared to the original 1583 edition, this 1604 edition includes "numerous retouchings, as well as frequent additions" according to Thiébaud. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Thiébaud, 447 -- Souhart, 210-211
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