[SOREL (Charles)]. • *The Extravagant Shepherd*. In which, amid amorous fantasies, we see the absurdities of novels and poetry. •• Part Two […]. ••• […] Part Three. •••• Remarks on the Fourteen Books of *The Extravagant Shepherd*. In which the most extraordinary things found therein are supported by various authorities, and in which one finds compilations of everything remarkable in novels and poetic works, along with some other observations, both on language and on the characters. Rouen: Published by Jean Berthelin, 1646. 4 parts in 2 volumes, in-12 format, grained calfskin, double gilt fillet framing the covers, coat of arms in the center, decorated ribbed spine (contemporary binding). • [XVI] + 448 pp. •• [VIII] + 428 pp. ••• [XII] + 120 pp. •••• [II] + 564 pp. A rare new edition of this “anti-novel,” first published in 1627–1628 by Toussainct du Bray. Three full-page engravings, including the frontispiece (dated 1640) and the one depicting “La belle Charite,” engraved by Michel van LOCHOM. Copy with unidentified 19th-century later arms; minor damage to the endpapers; one cracked spine. Barbier, I, 399 (for the original).