BOILEAU DESPREAUX (Nicolas). OEuvres. A Paris, Chez David &a - Lot 30

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BOILEAU DESPREAUX (Nicolas). OEuvres. A Paris, Chez David &a - Lot 30
BOILEAU DESPREAUX (Nicolas). OEuvres. A Paris, Chez David & Durand, 1747. 5 volumes small in-8°, red morocco, double framing of gilt filets and fine serrated roulettes framing the boards, smooth spine decorated partially in grotesque style, gilt edges (period binding). "Nouvelle édition, avec des Eclaircissemens Historiques donnés par lui-même [ ]" A frontispiece portrait after RIGAUD, a vignette on each title, 38 figures in the text by EISEN, and 22 culs-de-lampe, & six plates (unsigned) engraved before the letter by COCHIN (in Le Lutrin). From the libraries of Mr. Cheuvreux & Victorien Sardou, with ex-libris; handwritten ex-libris (1774) on two titles and a faux-titre. "A much sought-after edition for its pleasing appearance and format [ ] Cochin's suite exists before the letter and in etchings, but it is very rare" (Cohen, 168-169). A FINE COPY IN A RED MOROCCO BINDING.
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