[LA GUESLE (Jacques de)].

Le Polimetrie, ou le moyen. Contre, Tout, Quelquechoze, & Rien. I. M. D. L. G. Auverg. Paris, Mathieu Guillemot, 1588. In-8, garnet, Jansenist morocco, interior lace, gilt edges (R. Laurent). First edition of this pamphlet against the League, formerly attributed to Jean Passerat but believed to be by Jacques de La Guesle, a magistrate from Auvergne. It is dedicated to Achille de Harlay, First President of the Parliament of Paris. The verse piece printed on the verso of the title, dedicated to Les Trois chantres de Rien, de Quelquechoze, & Tout, is just as mysterious as the title of this anonymous work. Small light stains on title. Bound in suite: - PASSERAT (Jean) and Philippe GIRARD. Nihil. Henrico Memmio, pro xeniis. Per Joannem Passeratium. Something. By Philippes Girard Vandomois. Paris, Estienne Prévosteau, 1587. - DESPREZ]. Tout. Au Tout-Puissant. Paris, Guillaume Auvray, s.d. [1587]. J. P. Barbier-Mueller, IV-5, no. 4 (Nihil), 5 (Tout) and 6 (Le Polimetrie). - Diane Barbier-Mueller, Inventaire..., n°210 and 593-594.