DU VAIR (Guillaume).

The Moral Philosophy of the Stoics. Avec le Manuel d'Epictète. Paris, Abel L'Angelier, s.d. [1594]. 2 parts in one volume, in-16, havana morocco, boards decorated with a border and a decoration of 16 medallions of foliage each bearing a different flower and arranged around a central empty oval, smooth spine decorated in the same taste, gilt edges (Binding of the period). Collective edition of these two prose treatises by Guillaume du Vair (1556-1621), a moralist and great orator who was Keeper of the Seals under Louis XIII and Bishop of Lisieux. Charming binding in the style of those produced in Paris at the same time for the Venetian diplomat Pietro Duodo (1554-1611). The engraved title-frontispiece is a little damaged in the inner margin; it bears a wet stamp with the initials ME, undetermined. Slight wetness on first and last leaves. Upper spine restored. Balsamo & Simonin, n°236. - Diane Barbier-Mueller, Inventaire..., n°326.