BOILEAU (Nicolas). The Works of Nicolas Boileau Despréaux. W - Lot 8

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BOILEAU (Nicolas). The Works of Nicolas Boileau Despréaux. W - Lot 8
BOILEAU (Nicolas). The Works of Nicolas Boileau Despréaux. With historical notes provided by the author himself. New edition, revised, corrected, and expanded with various remarks [by Brossette]. Enriched with engravings by Bernard Picart the Roman. Published by P. Gosse & J. Neaulme, 1729. 2 vols., folio; title page, [2] folios (title page, dedication to the Princess of Wales), XVIII pp., [2] folios (table of contents, privilege), 450 pp. + [4] folios (title page, table of contents, “To Mr. Perrault,” 1 blank), VIII–370 p., [10] f. (table of contents), pl., contemporary tan calfskin, decorated raised spine, title and volume number labels in red morocco, triple blind-stamped border on the covers, gilded garland on the edges, red edges (defects including 2 uncovered caps, a split at the tail of a bit; tears without missing material along the engravings in Vol. 1 on the title page and p. 324, vol. 2, p. 263; very moderate scattered foxing; stains on the border of one plate from *Le Lutrin*; repairs in the margin on vol. & p. 153; one portrait missing). One of the finest early editions of Boileau, illustrated by Bernard Picart (1673–1733). It was first published in 1718; this copy conforms to that edition except for a few minor ornamental details, and features a re-engraved frontispiece, according to Cohen (166), who mentions it in the Amsterdam entry. The illustrations consist of an allegorical frontispiece, a large vignette repeated on the title pages, two running heads and two initials, seven insert plates for “Le Lutrin,” and 29 end-plate illustrations, some of which are repeated. A copy lacking the portrait of the Princess of Wales, but enriched at the beginning of Volume 2 with a portrait of Boileau engraved by F. Chereau after H. Rigaud (with narrow margins and crease marks).
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