622 . 
Rapin, Rene (Rapinus, Renatus), (I 62 I-I 687 ) 
For details of his life and works see Michaud, 
Biog. Univ. 57:91-96 (1824) 
Hortorum libri IV. Cum disputations de cultura hortensi. 
Parisiis, e typographia regia [colophon: curante S. Cramoi- 
sy] 1665 . 219 p. (Dept. Agr.; N. Y. Bot. Card.; Brit. ^ 
Mus. Nat. Hist.j Lindley.) 
Seguier, p*390, gives date of 1st ed. as I 66 I, 
which is followed by Joseph Jacob in his bibliog¬ 
raphy in the Tulip Nomenclature Com. Rpt. (I 917 ), 
p.l 47 » t)ut no copy has been located, and authori¬ 
ties generally agree on I 665 as date of 1 st ed. 
Miltitz, Bib. Bot., col.289, gives an ed. of 
1664 * for which no other authority is found. 
Sieveking, p.245-247» quotes a critical esti¬ 
mate of Rapin '8 poem from Hallam, Henry, "Intro¬ 
duction to the literature of Europe" (I 837 - 39 , 
4 V.; 4"^^ ed., I854t 3 v.) 
- Ed. altera. parisiis [1666] II 4 p. (Arn. 
Arb.; Brit. Mus.’) ^ 
Date bracketed in Brit. Mus. Cat. but not in 
that of Arn. Arb. or , 
- Lugduni Batavorum, I 666 . (Seguier, p.390) 
This imprint is not given by other bibliogra¬ 
phers, and may be due to an incorrect citation. 
-- Ed. altera, Lugduni Batavorum, ex off. Arn. 
Doude, 1668 . 100 p. (Brit. Mus.; Pritzel, 1st ed,) 
According to Seguier, l.c,, this issue com¬ 
prises the "Arboretum sacrum" of Meursius, and 
the "Rusticus" of Politianus. 
--- Ultrajecti, I 670 . (N. Y. Bot. Card.) 
See Jour. N. Y. Bot. Card. 4:164 (1903) 
-- Cum ... loan. Meursii fil. Arboretum sacrum. 
Angeli politiani Rusticus. Adhaec Lipsii leges horten- 
ses, & Lazari Bonamici carmen de vita rustica. Ultra- 
jecti, apud J. Ribbium, I 672 . il 6 , 82, I 27 p. (Dept. 
Agr.; Arn. Arb.; Mo. Bot. Gard.; N. Y. Bot. Gard.; 
N. Y. fub. Lib,; Brit. Mus.; Lindley; Rotharasted) J Yv-. Vlo.\ : 
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