à Paris: Chez Les libraires associés 1772. Fine. Chez Les libraires associés à Paris 1772 12.50 x 21.50 cm 5 volumes reliés New edition printed on laid paper and illustrated with a frontispiece drawn by Bernard Picart dit le Romain and engraved by Vinkeles. Also includes two allegorical figures by van der Meer as frontispiece to l'Epitre and l'Art poétique 6 figures after Picart re-engraved by Vinkeles for Le Lutrin and four title vignettes by van der Meer and one by F. de Bakker. Contemporary bindings in full speckled blonde calf smooth spines decorated with red straight-grained morocco title and volume labels fleurons and triple gilt fillets gilt striations on headcaps gilt fillets on leading edges marbled endpapers and pastedowns all edges speckled blue. Gilt initials at foot of spines. Headcap of volume 1 slightly rubbed discreet worming on tailcap of volume 1 and on title label as well as at foot of joint of second board of volumes 3 and 5 traces of rubbing on boards slight lack to first board of volumes 1 and 3 small dark stains on spine and second board of volume 1 corners somewhat rubbed. Very small wormhole to upper margin of leaves of volume 2. Fresh copy free from foxing. Chez Les libraires associés hardcover
à Paris: Chez Les libraires associés 1772. Fine. Chez Les libraires associés à Paris 1772 12 x 21 cm 5 volumes reliés New edition illustrated with a frontispiece by Picart engraved by Winkeles 2 allegorical figures by van der Meer the Epistle and the Poetic Art and 6 figures after Picart re-engraved by Vinkeles for Le lutrin 4 title vignettes by van der Meer and one by F. de Bakker. This edition also appeared in Amsterdam published by Changuion. Picart's figures were taken from the 1718 edition they are printed on thick paper. Contemporary full scaled calf binding. Richly decorated spine with raised bands head and tail rolls. Green morocco title and volume labels. Triple fillet frame on covers. Green painted edges. One tear with lack at head of volume I; headcap of volume II worn down; lack at head of volume III. Several corners bumped. Lower right corner worn. Despite the noted defects handsome binding with very decorative appearance. Fresh copy with wide margins. After the great edition of Boileau's works published in 1718 in folio format and given the success fine editions of this author followed one after another in 1722 1729 1745 with variants. This last edition well printed whose subtle typographical variations suggest the reduction of a folio has been revised and the spelling has been modernized; the pamphlet Boileau aux prises avec les jésuites has been restored and a life of the author has been added. Finally one cannot emphasize enough the critical quality of this edition which takes up the abundant and judicious remarks and commentaries of Saint-Marc from the 1745 edition. Chez Les libraires associés hardcover
à Paris: Chez DavidChez Durand 1747. Fine. Chez David Chez Durand à Paris 1747 11.20 x 18 cm reliés New edition and first given by Saint-Marc with his remarks and commentaries. It is illustrated with a portrait by Rigaud engraved by Daullé 5 fleurons on the titles by Eisen and engraved by Boucher 39 vignettes by Eisen and engraved by Avéline by La Fosse unsigned 25 unsigned tailpieces and 6 figures by Cochin for Le lutrin. Contemporary full marbled and glazed calf bindings. Spine with raised bands decorated. Red morocco title label and beige morocco volume labels. Joints of volume I cracked at head. Lower joint of volume III cracked at foot. Joints of volume V cracked. Restorations to headcaps and joints of the 5 volumes. Paper uniformly yellowed. Saint-Marc's first edition is one of the best critical editions of Boileau's work. Saint-Marc did not purely abrogate the contribution of different editions but used them judiciously to create his own. He restored Brossette's commentaries and gathered the various notes from previous editions. Saint-Marc's notes and commentaries constitute a large part of the work and accompany the text very intelligently without vain erudition. 19th century armorial bookplate of A. Aubaret. Chez DavidChez Durand hardcover
Paris: De l'imprimerie de Mame frères 1810. Fine. De l'imprimerie de Mame frères Paris 1810 12.50 x 20 cm relié Second issue of this edition. A frontispiece portrait after Rigaud engraved by Delaunay and 6 figures after Picard re-engraved by the same. Printed on fine laid paper from the Vosges with Blondin watermark St. Dié. Contemporary full tree calf bindings. Smooth spines decorated with a sun tool 2 compartments with grotesques and a fleuron. Double framing border on the boards. Red morocco title and volume labels. Head of volume 2 partly cut but slightly. Spines sunned. Traces of rubbing. Gilt edges. 2 corners bumped. Complete works with prefaces variants and correspondence and notes. Some contemporary pen annotations; one will notice this address to the preface writer at the end of the Preliminary Discourse: ""Que tu dois te repentir d'avoir écrit cette platitude !"" ""How you must regret having written this platitude!"" De l'imprimerie de Mame frères hardcover
Paris: Firmin Didot frères 1837. Fine. Firmin Didot frères Paris 1837 17.50 x 27.50 cm relié Collected edition. Bradel binding in full dark brown cardboard smooth spine faded with traces of rubbing and some losses hazel shagreen title-label with Malherbe's name in gilt corners slightly bumped. With an engraved portrait of Boileau as frontispiece. Printed in two columns. Copy almost entirely free from foxing. Firmin Didot frères unknown
Paris: De l'Imprimerie de P. Didot l'aîné 1821. Fine. De l'Imprimerie de P. Didot l'aîné Paris 1821 13 x 21.70 cm 4 volumes reliés New edition illustrated with a frontispiece and 12 figures after new drawings designed and engraved by various artists including Claude Marie François Dien with commentary by Pierre Tiffon de Saint-Surin. Half blonde morocco bindings spines with four raised bands decorated with compartments double compartments and gilt tools blind fillets outlining the bands gilt roulettes and fillets at head and foot marbled paper boards pastedowns and endpapers. Foot headcaps and leading edges rubbed some corners slightly bumped corners rubbed occasional foxing. De l'Imprimerie de P. Didot l'aîné hardcover
à Paris: Chez Lefèvre 1821. Fine. Chez Lefèvre à Paris 1821 15.50 x 24.50 cm 4 volumes reliés New edition expanded with a commentary by Jean-Augustin Amar du Rivier and illustrated with a portrait of the author as frontispiece engraved by Ligon after Rigaud and 6 figures hors-texte engraved by Pierre Adam Chollet Burdet Larcher and Lorichon after Desenne. Half green Russia leather bindings with corners spines with five raised bands decorated with fleurons and roulettes stamped in blind with gilt compartments and roulettes headcap of the second volume slightly cracked joints lightly rubbed marbled paper boards second board of the third and fourth volumes very lightly rubbed some corners slightly bumped endpapers and pastedowns of red speckled marbled paper armorial bookplate of the Martineau des Chesnez family pasted on the front pastedown of the first volume. Contemporary binding signed Simier. Handsome copy in a half Russia leather binding signed Simier. Chez Lefèvre hardcover
Geneve Geneva: Chez Fabri & Barrillot 1716. First Edition First Impression . Tree Calf. Good. F. Chereau. 1716 First Edition. Complete in Two volumes. Size quarto 506 and 427 pages plus index in volume II. Attractive Tree calf binding with triple borders to covers five raised bands to the spines with gilt titles and volume numbers in second and third compartments and elaborate gilt work in remaining compartments gilt decoration to cover edges and inner turn-ins page edges waxed red marbled paste-downs and end-papers. Condition good-very good a little rubbing to corners and edges front hinge cracked on volume I leather chipped at head and tail of spine with loss on Vol 1 no loss on vol 2 a few spots to first and last few pages in each volume toning to a few pages and some offsetting but generally in very clean condition throughout. Title pages printed in red and black finely executed engraved portrait frontispiece in volume 1 and 6 full page engravings all executed by F. Chereau. Ornamental headpieces and tailpieces and decorated initial capitals etc. Text is in French a nice set. Size: 4to - over 9" - 12" tall <br/> <br/> Chez Fabri & Barrillot unknown
A La Haye - Chez Pierre de Hondt 1729. Hardcover. Very Good. Three volumes of a four volume set. French published by A La Haye in 1729. 16mo. Excellent condition. Clean unmarked pages. Good binding and covers bound in contemporary calf some minor rubbing. Spines solid with five raised bands. Gold gilt lettering and decorations on the spine. Inside cover labelled with the crest of the Campbells of Netherplace a noble family from Scotland. Tome Second: 5 407 2 pp. Tome Troisieme: 5 407 2 pp. Tome Quartrieme: 5 308 2 pp. Nicolas Boileau was an influential French poet during the late 1600s and early 1700s credited with reforming the French poetical style. These volumes published 18 years after his death were part of a set of his complete works. A La Haye - Chez Pierre de Hondt hardcover
à Paris: Chez Denys Thierry 1701. Fine. Chez Denys Thierry à Paris 1701 19 x 25 cm relié Last edition of Boileau's works corrected and published during the author's lifetime. The author admits preferring this final edition in his preface which is why it came to be called: La favorite. This edition is also the first to bear the author's name. It is illustrated with an allegorical frontispiece by Landry and 2 figures by Chauveau dated 1678 as well as an ornamental initial and headpiece. Complete though pagination jumps from 232 to 241. Title page in red and black. Contemporary binding in full speckled brown sheep. Spine with raised bands decorated. Brown sheep title label. Surface wear to upper cover. Lacking leather along lower border. Rubbing. Good copy. The first part contains: ""Satires"" ""Epistres"" ""L'art poëtique en vers"" ""Le Lutrin poëme heroïcomique"" ""Odes epigrammes et autres poësies"" ""Reflexions critiques sur quelques passages du Theteur Longin"" and ""Lettre a Monsieur Perrault""; the second: ""Le traité du sublime ou du merveilleux dans le discours"" translation of Longin. Chez Denys Thierry hardcover
à Paris: Chez Claude Barbin 1674. Fine. Chez Claude Barbin à Paris 1674 15.50 x 23 cm relié First edition of Boileau to bear the title Oeuvres and containing 9 satires 4 epistles the first four cantos of the Lutrin and the treatise on the sublime. The edition also contains a new notice to the reader and a new preface. Fine printing in italics. There would exist an edition of Boileau's pieces dating from 1670 which Boileau mentions without stating the date but which appears untraceable; Brunet cites it in commentary without giving a date. Contemporary full marbled sheep binding. Jansenist spine with raised bands. Black title-label. Generally rubbed. 2 corners slightly bumped. Missing the second leaf completing the privilege final lines indicating the date. The two frontispieces are also missing one should appear before the title the other before the Lutrin. Title page soiled. Important edition. Chez Claude Barbin hardcover
Paris: Chez Claude Barbin 1675. Full Calf. Good. 12mo. 16 by 10 cm. 4 80 4 68 13 12 99 13 14 8 pp. Contains nine satires Discours sure Satire four epistles Lutrin Poeme Heroique L'Art Poetique Traite du Sublime an Epistre a Monsieur de Guilleragues a Satire contre le Mariage and Le Geay Nouvelle Allegorique. Lacking prelim blanks before title. Starting upper front hinge. Leather is worn with staining veining and general slightly chewed up appearance on spine. Worn edges besides. Scattered soiling within but mostly clean. Bookplate on FEP. Faint inked notes on title not disconcerting and also ancient scrawl on final blank sheet. Chez Claude Barbin unknown
Tours: Alfred Mame & fils 1870. Fine. Alfred Mame & fils Tours 1870 18.50 x 28.50 cm relié Illustrated edition with etchings by Valentin Foulquier. Half hazelnut shagreen binding with corners spine with five raised bands decorated with the gilt monogram of the great bibliophile Roger de Cormenin repeated five times some rubbing to the raised bands marbled paper boards combed paper endpapers and pastedowns top edge gilt unsigned binding. Light dampstains to corners. Notes by Poujoulat. Provenance: from the library of Roger de Cormenin son of Louis de Cormenin who was the confidant and secretary of Théophile Gautier and also the intimate friend of Gustave Flaubert. Handsome copy attractively bound. Alfred Mame & fils hardcover
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