BOILEAU-DESPREAUX Nicolas.
Œuvres de M. Boileau... Lot 28
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BOILEAU-DESPREAUX Nicolas.
Œuvres de M. Boileau Despréaux. Nouvelle édition, Avec des Eclaircissements historiques donnés par lui-même, et rédigés par M. Brossette; augmentée de plusieurs Pièces, tant de l'auteur, qu'aïant rapport à ses Ouvrages; avec des Remarques et des Dissertations critiques par M. de Saint Marc.
A Paris, chez David et Durand, 1747, 5 volumes small in-8 bound in full morocco, ribbed spines adorned with large gilded fleurons and fillets, gilded and cold-framed roulettes on the boards, roulette on the fields and inside, gilded edges. Signed binding by Simier.
Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait by Rigaud engraved by Daulé, 5 title vignettes and 38 chapter-head vignettes, mostly drawn by Eisen, and 6 fine hors-texte figures to illustrate "Le Lutrin". Monogrammed bookplate.
Conforms to Magne's description in his Bibliographie des Oeuvres de Boileau-Despréaux, II- p.39, but without the last unnumbered approbation leaf, and the 3 table leaves of volume 2 are placed in fine and not after the title.
A fine copy.
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