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Nicolas BOILEAU DESPREAUX

Oeuvres de M. Boileau Despréaux

ChezDavid & Durand, à Paris 1747, in-8 (12x18,5cm), (6) lxxx ; 488pp. et (4) 492pp. (2) et (10) 501pp. (1) et (6) 591pp. et xxij ; 676pp. (2), 5 volumes reliés.

Illlustrée first edition, decorated with a portrait of the author by Rigaud etched Daulé, 39 vignettes including 5 bands, 31 tail-lamp including 18 signed by Eisen (against 25 counted by Cohen), engraved by Boucher, Aveline , Delafosse and Tardieu (most unsigned) and 6 beautiful figures for the lectern, unsigned which Cohen says they are Cochin; they were taken from the 1718 edition, but without the embellished frame. Ratings and reviews of St. Mark also appear for the first time in this edition. Beautiful typographical execution.
Full red morocco nineteenth signed Chipot. Back with five nerves decorated boxes, jewels, nets and golden tail dates. boards framed triple nets, dots and gold spandrels and a large central finial. Gilded frame of contreplats lace. All slices browned. Superb copy.
Volume 1: Address to the King, Disboard on Satire. Volume 2: Art poetic odes, epigrams, various poems
fragments Epigrammes. Volume 3: Dialogues speech
other works, Letters, Critical Reflections. Volume 4: Treaty of Sublime. Volume 5: Boleana, Essays philological.
Highly sought by Cohen.On Edition Note that this edition reproduces the errors of previous editions, and the contents of Volume V is not to Boileau, but Labruyere. All notes from previous editions have been retained.
One of the illustrated editions of Boileau most sought because of its format, more enjoyable and manageable than the large folio edition in 1718. --- Please note that the translation in english is done automatically, we apologize if the formulas are inaccurate. Contact us for any information!

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