CONTANT, Paul. Le jardin et cabinet . Poictiers: Antoine Mesnier, 1609.
CONTANT, Paul. Le jardin et cabinet . Poictiers: Antoine Mesnier, 1609. 8 o (194 x 130 mm). Engraved title and 10 etched plates (one folding). Contemporary French mottled calf, spine gilt (some peeling to covers). Provenance : Serrant (inkstamp on front free endpaper). FIRST EDITION of "a curious little work of which we have found no mention other than the listing in Brunet who also lists a later edition of 1628 which contains additional treatises by Paul and Jacques Contant, one of which was a commentary on Dioskorides" (Hunt). The first nine plates depict multiple animals on each, some mythical and grotesque, and the final large folding plate shows a bouquet of flowers. VERY RARE: according to American Book Prices Current , no copies of this work have appeared at auction in at least 30 years. Hunt 188.
CONTANT, Paul. Le jardin et cabinet . Poictiers: Antoine Mesnier, 1609.
CONTANT, Paul. Le jardin et cabinet . Poictiers: Antoine Mesnier, 1609. 8 o (194 x 130 mm). Engraved title and 10 etched plates (one folding). Contemporary French mottled calf, spine gilt (some peeling to covers). Provenance : Serrant (inkstamp on front free endpaper). FIRST EDITION of "a curious little work of which we have found no mention other than the listing in Brunet who also lists a later edition of 1628 which contains additional treatises by Paul and Jacques Contant, one of which was a commentary on Dioskorides" (Hunt). The first nine plates depict multiple animals on each, some mythical and grotesque, and the final large folding plate shows a bouquet of flowers. VERY RARE: according to American Book Prices Current , no copies of this work have appeared at auction in at least 30 years. Hunt 188.
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