144 - POETRY. 3 volumes:

POETRY. 3 volumes: - [DU LAURENS (Abbé Henri-Joseph)] (1719–1797). *Le Balai*, a heroic-comic poem in 18 cantos. [Amsterdam?], 1774, in-8, XX pp. including half-title and title page—192 pp. Contemporary fawn half-basane, ribbed spine, title label, gilt fillets, marbled edges. - Simple binding. Small wormhole in the upper margin, a few pinholes or brown spots, fragile inner hinges. A very licentious tale. It is an interpretation of the use of what is called the “handle” of the broom! - [18th-Century Poetry: Two Works in One Volume] - BERNARD (P.-J.) and Anne-Marie DUBOCAGE. BERNARD (P.-J., known as Gentil...). *The Art of Loving*, and *Various Poems*... Amsterdam, Aureliad, 1775; 176 pp. [DUBOCAGE (Mme Anne-Marie Lepage)]. *Le Paradis terrestre*, a poem modeled after Milton, by Madame D. B***. London, 1760; 2ff.–112 pp.—portrait & frontispiece, title vignette & 6 headpieces. – (Quérard II, p. 598). Short title margin; slight water stains and foxing on a few leaves. Undated, 8vo. Bound in one volume of mottled fawn sheepskin, smooth decorated spine, red edges. — Inner hinges slightly open. - MICHAUD (Joseph). *Le Printemps d'un proscrit*, followed by several letters to Mr. Delille on pity. Fourth corrected and expanded edition. Paris, Giguet & Michaud, 1804, 8vo, 261 pp.—Frontispiece. Light brown sheepskin with a grainy texture, smooth spine decorated with small iron motifs and gilded palmettes, title label, red edges. (Contemporary binding). - Well bound. 3 engravings are missing.