Author: DESPREAUX, BOILEAU
Title: Oeuvres Completes de Boileau Despreaux Precedees Des Oeuvres de Malherbe, Suivies Des Oeuvres Poetiques de J.B. Rousseau
Description: Paris: Firmin Didot Freres, 1840. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1st.ed. 4to (c.10" x 7"). ex-library (labels & lettering). half black leather, maroon cloth boards, gilt. raised bands on spine. white library lettering on front board. sl.worn. rubbed. 3" split at top of front outer hinge. surface leather scuffed and worn away in places. cloth marked. edges bumped. corners bumped to boards. eps & pegs sl.marked. hinges cracked. BookShop label and owner's Bookplate on front paste-down. eps & Title-Page foxed. sl.foxing through-out. some pencil annotation. damp-staining along top margin (does not affect text). o/w internally vg. Text in French. 720pp PLEASE READ DESCRIPTION CAREFULLY BEFORE PURCHASING. Photos available if required.. Fair .

Keywords: Literature. French. Poetry. Verse. French Language.