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De Baecque et Associés

964 - BOILEAU DESPREAUX. MISCELLANEOUS WORKS, including the treatise on the sublime or the marvelous in discourse…

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€200 - 300

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30%

BOILEAU DESPREAUX. MISCELLANEOUS WORKS, including the treatise on the sublime or the marvelous in discourse… Amsterdam, H. Schelte, 1702 2 parts in 1 in-8 volume, stiff vellum with a small overcover (contemporary binding). A Dutch counterfeit of the Paris edition, and the last one revised by the author, whom he regarded as his “favorite.” It is illustrated with 7 BEAUTIFUL ENGRAVINGS and a frontispiece in each part. Numerous handwritten annotations from the period. A fine copy. (Tchemerzine I, 761) Bound together with: - PERRAULT (Ch.). ILLUSTRIOUS MEN who lived in France during the 17th century. Paris, Dezallier, 1701. 2 volumes (Tchemerzine V, 182e, Dutch edition). Loynel bookplate. Handwritten annotations. A fine copy.

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Books, Manuscripts, and Autographs
Tuesday, December 1
02:30 PM
3, impasse des Chevau-Légers
78000 Versailles, France

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De Baecque et Associés +33 1 58 40 82 92 versailles@debaecque.fr
On Drouot for more than 10 years avec More than 290,000 lots published

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