[RONSARD (Pierre de)].

Remonstrance to the people of France. Paris, Gabriel Buon, 1563. Plaquette in-8, 17 leaves, burgundy morocco, triple gilt fillet, spine decorated à la grotesque, interior lace, gilt edges, slipcase (E. & A. Maylander). The most violent of Ronsard's diatribes against the Reformed. While painting a picturesque picture of the Reformed, he addresses the theological aspects of the debate, absent from his earlier speeches. While he continues to call for reform of the Catholic Church, he also demands the utmost severity towards heretics (cat. Ronsard, la trompette et la lyre, no. 196). A copy belonging to the "first family" group (there are four in all), so named by J. P. Barbier-Mueller to gather and describe copies of the "princeps edition" of the text, known by two editions or two states (cf. Bibliographie des discours politiques de Ronsard, p. 118, and n°53). Fine binding by Maylander. From the libraries of the Marquis de Rochambeau (wet stamp on title), André Rodocanachi and Edmée Maus. Last leaf missing, blank. Slight wetness at the bottom of the last leaf. J. P. Barbier-Mueller, II-1, n°37 ("Second edition, or second (hybrid) state of the first edition"). - N. Ducimetière, Mignonne..., no. 120. - Diane Barbier-Mueller, Inventaire..., n°728.