[Jean DIVRY]. Les estrenes des Filles de Paris. Small booklet in-4, long-grained eggplant morocco, double gilt fillet with corner fleurons, gilt numeral AA AA in the center of the covers, smooth spine with long title and gilt fleurons at head and tail, gilt edges ( 19th century binding). Not in Bechtel (236/D296). (4f.) / A4 / 28 lines / 82 x 126 mm. A very rare edition of this advice to young girls, perhaps the only known copy. Jean Divry, born around 1472 in Beauvais, was a physician and poet. He was responsible for several works published in the early years of the 16th century, in both poetry and medicine, including Les Secretz et loix de mariage, as well as several translations from Latin into French. These Etrennes des Filles de Paris are a series of advice and adages in distich form, on the dress and attitudes that young girls should observe: Pompous & brazen girls Are estimated for cognardes... In this way, the author enjoins them to always keep their eyes downcast, not to slander, to remain sober at table, to pray often, etc., as much to avoid any outburst as to escape the judgment of others: Fille qui soigneusement se farde / Devient facilement paillarde, Fille en dance ｸ bancquetz boldie / Se monstre folle ｸ estourdie, etc. These tips are followed by two light rondeaux. Extremely rare, this edition is not referenced by Brunet or Bechtel, and seems to have escaped all bibliographers. The latter cite a single edition for this title, published in Paris around 1530, also in 4 leaves and with 28 lines, but which presents some differences with ours: the title Estrennescomporte deux n and the piece is signed in fine by the anagram Riand Jhe vy, for Jehan d'Ivry. This final signature is absent from our edition. The Audenet catalog describes it as an original edition, without attributing it to an author. The copy preserved in Chantilly includes the final anagram, but presents other differences and therefore constitutes a third edition of the same piece. The BnF copy (RES. YE-1387) also features the anagram in fine. It seems highly likely to us that our edition was published in Paris just before those featuring the author's name as an anagram. At the time of binding, this very thin platelet was followed by numerous blank leaves (42f.), to thicken the volume and allow the title to be embossed on the spine. A fine copy with no restorations, in a fine binding from the first half of the 19th century. Minor discoloration to edges of boards. Lateral margin of leaves slightly frayed over 2.5 cm and upper margin slightly bevelled. Provenance: Adolphe Audenet (gilt figure, April 2, 1839, no. 315).