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RAPIN, (Rene). Rapin Of Gardens. A Latin Poem. In Four Books. English'd by Mr. Gardiner.
London: Printed by W. Bowyer for Bernard Lintott at the Cross-Keys..., (1706). First of this translation. 8vo., full contemporary calf, later leather spine label, (38), 1-195, (5)pp. adverts. With a frontispiece, and four folding plates. Inner hinges cracked, binding rubbed with some wear to the extremities, this copy has been professionally rebacked, otherwise a good, acceptable copy. Henrey 1253, Foxon G11-12.
Rene Rapin [1621-1687] French Jesuit and writer who wrote extensively in both prose and verse. "Rapin's poem on gardens, Hortorum libri IV (Paris 1665) twice translated into English, including the above edition, placed him among the foremost Latin versifiers." In the second part of this work Rapin he gives exhaustive treatment to the "park."