CHOLIÈRES, Nicolas de (ca. 1509-1592). Les après-disnées. Paris: J. Richer, 1588. 12° (138 x 87mm). Woodcut device on title, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. (Occasional soiling.) 19th-century green morocco, gilt covers, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, gilt turn-ins and edges, marbled fore-edges (front joint lightly rubbed). Provenance: purchased from L. Giraud-Badin, 1934.

CHOLIÈRES, Nicolas de (ca. 1509-1592). Les après-disnées. Paris: J. Richer, 1588. 12° (138 x 87mm). Woodcut device on title, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. (Occasional soiling.) 19th-century green morocco, gilt covers, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, gilt turn-ins and edges, marbled fore-edges (front joint lightly rubbed). Provenance: purchased from L. Giraud-Badin, 1934.

Rare second edition of a work first printed by Richer a year earlier. The author was a protestant lawyer named Jean Dagoneau, lord of Cholières, an erudite 'gentilhomme' and poet who devoted himself to the study of science, literature and art. The present work is important for the information given about the customs and manners of his day. Adams C-1463; Brunet I, 1849.