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
Paris: Chez Jouaust Librairie des Bibliophiles 1876. Fine. Chez Jouaust Librairie des Bibliophiles Paris 1876 11 x 18 cm 2 volumes reliés New edition one of 500 numbered copies on Holland paper. Half dark green morocco bindings with corners spines with five raised bands decorated with cold fillets and compartments enhanced with gilt floral motifs gilt dates at foot marbled paper boards marbled endpapers and pastedowns top edges gilt elegant unsigned binding. Handsome copy. Chez Jouaust, Librairie des Bibliophiles hardcover
Parisiis: Sumptibus Bartholomaei Alix 1737. Full Leather. Good binding. The works of Nicolas Boileaus Despreaux translated into Latin. Bound in morocco with lettering and decoration stamped in gilt in compartments. Front board detached and now reinforced with leather bands across the top and bottom of the spine. Wear to the spine. Toning and previous owner’s names to the title page and pastedown. Lacking front endpaper. Good binding. Sumptibus Bartholomaei Alix unknown
Chez la Veuve de Claude Thiboust et Pierre Esclassan 1694. Fine. Chez la Veuve de Claude Thiboust et Pierre Esclassan 1694 9 x 16 cm relié First bilingual edition decorated with a frontispiece by Ertinger. Title page in red and black. Bilingual edition with the translation on facing pages. Contemporary full blonde marbled calf binding. Spine with raised bands decorated with 5 compartmentalized fleurons. Binding with monogram stamped on covers a B within a D. Upper joint cracked at foot. One lack at head. Rubbing. One corner very bumped. Blue stamp on title page and library label: Domus Acheolana Societatis Jesus. Treatise on the rhetoric of elevated discourse the work enjoyed great success in Boileau's translation where it took its place in the Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns. Chez la Veuve de Claude Thiboust et Pierre Esclassan hardcover
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