Faret, Nicolas (1600-1646) L'Honeste-Homme ou l´Art de Plaire à la Court.
Paris: Chez Toussainct Quinet, 1634.
Quarto, engraved printer's vignette to title, text in French and Spanish on facing pages, the Spanish translation done for the King of Spain by Ambrosio de Salazar (1575-1643); bound in modern half leather with marbled paper boards, title page and preliminaries a little dusty and delicate, with some slight abraded losses along the fore-edges; some staining to the gutters near the end of the text; signature C damaged by a large ink stain that has soaked through the paper and damaged the innermost gathering; lacking final blank, 8 1/2 x 6 in.
This popular courtesy book, originally written in French, was published in English and Spanish translation during the author's lifetime. This French/Spanish edition is rare at auction.
