BOILEAU (Nicolas). OEuvres de M. Boileau Despréaux. Nouvelle édition, avec des éclaircissemens hisotriques donnés par lui-même... augmentée de plusieurs pièces... et des dissertations critiques. By M. de Saint-Marc. A Paris, chez David, Durand,1747. 5 volumes in-8, havana Russian leather circa 1810, smooth spine decorated with gilt fleurons and gilt Greek roulettes, gilt title and tomaison, gilt roulettes on boards, spines and chasses, gilt edges (some sporaadic foxing and browning).
Esteemed edition, illustrated with a portrait of Boileau engraved by J. Daulé after Hyacinthe Rigaud, 5 fleurons on the titles after Eisen, including 3 engraved by Boucher, 38 engraved vignettes after Eisen, 22 culs-de-lampe, and 6 plates illustrating the Lutrin, unsigned but after Cochin (Cohen 168-169).
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