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Book Condition: Used
Seller: Hellmut Schumann Antiquariat

Switzerland
About Item: Paris, Denys Thierry, 1701. Title printed in red and black. With engr. frontispiece by P. Landry, 2 full-page engravings by Chauveau dated 1674, engr. head-piece, engr. initial and several woodcut head- and tail-pieces. 8 unn. leaves, 446 pp., (recte 440 pp., pagination 233 to 240 and Kk4 omitted); pp. 1-116, 4 leaves, pp. 119-200. 4to. Contemp. full calf over five raised bands, spine and outer edges gilt. Paris, Denys Thierry, 1701. Published during his lifetime, this is the first edition to bear the author's name. Boileau-Despréaux (1636-1711) himself declared it his favorite edition, and Quérard judges it as "édition la plus précieuse pour les gens de lettres". According to the bibliographers, the 12mo edition of the same year was printed a few months later. Here, the first part contains "Satires", "Epistres", "L'art poëtique en vers", "Le Lutrin, poëme heroïcomique", "Odes, epigrammes, et… Read More
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