The Whole Critical Works of Monsieur Rapin in two volumes.

Rapin, Rene.

Published by London: H, Bonwicke, T. Goodwin, M. Wotton and B. Tocke. 1706., 1706

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Small 8vo, 189 x 120mm. pp. vol I: xl + 508 + iv (contents) ; vol II: xxiv + 509 + iii (errata & adverts). Contemporary full panelled calf worn, corners bumped. Vol.I with front board detached, joints split on both vols and spines worn. Ex-library copies with the stamp of the "Seminarian s Library, Derrys Wood" to the front pastedown and ffep of both volumes. Ink ownership dedication in a contemporary hand in vol.I " Thos Hotchkis paid both vol: 9s-6d 1707", and his signature to both title pages. Rene Rapin was a French Jesuit, born at Tours, 1621; died in Paris, 1687. He entered the Society in 1639, taught rhetoric, and wrote extensively both in verse and prose. His first production, "Eclogæ Sacræ" (Paris, 1659), won him the title of the Second Theocritus, and his poem on gardens, "Hortorum libri IV" (Paris, 1665), twice translated into English (London, 1673; Cambridge, 1706), placed him among the foremost Latin versifiers. Of his critical essays, the best known are: "Observations sur les poèmes d'Horace et de Virgile" (Paris, 1669); "Réflexions sur l'usage de l'éloquence de ce temps" (Paris, 1672); "Réflexions sur la poétique d'Aristote et sur les ouvrages des poétes anciens et modernes" (Paris, 1676). He is also the author of several theological and ascetic treatises like "De nova doctrina dissertatio seu Evangelium Jansenistarum" (Paris, 1656); "L'esprit du christianisme" (Paris, 1672); "La perfection du christianisme" (Paris, 1673); "La foi des derniers siècles" (Paris, 1679). These books and many other pamphlets were collected in "Oeuvres complétes" published at Amsterdam, 1709-10.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Whole Critical Works of Monsieur Rapin in two volumes.
• Publisher: London: H, Bonwicke, T. Goodwin, M. Wotton and B. Tocke. 1706.
• Publication Date: 1706
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition