recondite vs seldom seen

recondite

adj
  • Difficult to grasp or understand; abstruse, profound. 

  • Little known; esoteric, secret. 

  • Having mastery over one's field, including its esoteric minutiae; learned. 

  • Deliberately employing abstruse or esoteric allusions or references; intentionally obscure. 

noun
  • A recondite (hidden or obscure) person or thing. 

  • A scholar or other person who is recondite, that is, who has mastery over his or her field, including its esoteric minutiae. 

seldom seen

How often have the words recondite and seldom seen occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )