Brown calf binding with raised banding, maroon title plate and gilt title on the spine. Original binding, front hinge cracked. Many engraved plates.

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Jacques Vanière was a Jesuit priest and poet born March 9, 1664 in Causses within the diocese of Béziers. He studied under a Jesuit priest, Father Joubert, who found that young Vanière had little talent for poetry. Yet Vanière developed into a strong writer under Joubert’s tutelage infusing his poetry with a deep admiration and respect for the countryside which he inherited from his parents. Vanière entered the Jesuits to continue his study of the humanities and to teach students of his own. He died in Toulouse on August 22, 1739.

Vanière gained prominence in France when he published two poems: Stagna and Columbae. He also produced a volume of verses in Latin titled Recueil de vers latins and Dictionaire poetique, a dictionary for poetry. However, Praedium Rusticum is considered his greatest poetic work. It is comprised of 16 chants in the style of Virgil’s Georgics.