DESMARESTS, ROLAND.
Epistolarum philologicarum libri II (+) Jani Cæcilii Frey Via ad divas scientias (+) Tractatio de Mercurio er Hermis, seu Statuis Mercurialibus quas Germanice vocamus.
Leipzig & Frankfurt, Meyer, 1687.
8vo. In contemporary full vellum with title in contemporary hand to spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Spine miscoloured, a few stains to boards and inner hinges split. A few leaves detached, otherwise nice and clean. (48), 706, (4), 159, (5), (12), 103 pp.
Later edition of these literary and philological works. Roland Desmarests (1594-1653), a brother of the better-known Jean Desmarests de Saint-Sorlin, placed a Latin poem dedicated to the French princess Marie Louise Gonzaga de Nevers in this present work. The princess (who was the future wife of two Polish kings, Wladyslaw IV Vasa and John II Casimir) was about to leave France for Poland.
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