Jean DORAT. Magnificentissimi spectaculi, a Regina Regum Matre in hortis suburbanis editi... Booklet in-4, red jansenist morocco, 5-ribbed spine, interior roulette and fillets, gilt edges, slipcase (René Aussourd). Brun, 171 // Cioranescu, 8022 // Tchemerzine-Scheler, III-7. (26 f.) / A-B4, C-D2, C-D4, E2, F4 / 150 x 220 mm. First edition. Versified account in Latin of the ballet given by Catherine de Médicis to the Polish ambassadors in the Tuileries gardens in August 1573, on the occasion of the election to the Polish throne of her son Henry, Duke of Anjou, the future Henry III. It includes two pieces in French, one by Ronsard, La Nymphe de France parle, the other by Jamyn, La nymphe angevine parle. It is illustrated with 4 large full-page woodcuts and 16 woodcuts in the text, attributed to Jean Cousin by Tchemerzine and Olivier Codoré by Brun. The large woodcuts depict an allegorical figure, the arms of France, a chariot surmounted by a mountain with nymphs and the ballet hall built for the occasion, with sixteen dancers symbolising the French provinces surrounded by spectators. Restoration to upper margin of leaves F2 and F3.