Le Séjour des Muses ou la Cresme des bons vers... Rouen. Martin de la Motte. 1630. 1 small volume in-8, contemporary brown morocco, Du Seuil-style gilt decoration on covers, smooth spine framed with gilt frieze. 421 pp, 1 bl. p., (4) ff. Fifth edition enlarged with 148 poetic pieces by Ronsard, Du Perron, Aubigny, Malherbe, Théophile de Viau, Bellan, Lingendes in which "s'y trouve quelques vers qui ne sont pas dans les autres collections du même genre". Old Jesuit library bookplate partially faded on title leaf. Rubbing to boards and spine, title page soiled, defects and restoration to margins on last 4 leaves, endpapers renewed.

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