Le théâtre du monde, où il est faict un ample discours des misères humaines [...] [- Bref discours de l'excellence et dignité de l'homme [...]].

2 parts in 1 vol. 8vo: [14]-110, 30-[2] ff. (some staining or soiling, marg. hole in f. 45 of part I).

Mod. overl. vellum, flat spine titled in ink (some ff. cut a bit short).

Popular collection of stories and anecdotes by Boaistuau (1517-1566), compiled from classical and early Christian sources, and presenting various miseries and sufferings a man has to endure (famine, disease...). At the opposite the second part deals with the "potentialities" of men. Printer's mark on titles. Ref. Pettegree (FB) 5884. - Cp. Adams B-2121 (ed. 1559 Robinot). - Not in STC French.