DESPORTES (Philippe).
Ɵ Les Premières œuvres. Reveues, correctes & augmentees outre les precedentes impressions. Paris, Mamert Patisson, 1581. In-12, midnight blue morocco, triple gilt fillet, ornate spine, interior lace, gilt edges on marbling (Trautz-Bauzonnet).
Partly original edition, containing some unpublished pieces including poems of some importance such as the famous verses addressed to Héliette de Vivonne, demoiselle de La Châtaigneraie, who was the poet's Cleonice.
Beautiful binding by Trautz-Bauzonnet.
J. P. Barbier-Mueller, IV-2, n°7. - Diane Barbier-Mueller, Inventaire..., n°178.
