Accession number
PML 196730
Creator
Boileau Despréaux, Nicolas, 1636-1711.
Published
A Paris : Chez Esprit Billiot, 1713.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon Ray Fund, 2017.
Notes
Frontispiece portrait of the author by Pierre Drevet after François de Troy and 6 full-page engraved illustrations by Gérard Scotin and Claude Duflos after Calude Gillot; engraved headpiece by Duflos after Gillot and woodcut head- and tailpiece ornaments and decorative initials throughout.
The 6 full-page engraved illustrations included in the volume's pagination.
Title page printed in black and red.
Includes index.
The 6 full-page engraved illustrations included in the volume's pagination.
Title page printed in black and red.
Includes index.
Description
2 volumes in 1 ([30], 772, [2] pages; [1] leaf of plates) : illustrations, portrait ; 26 x 21 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscription of former owner Louis Pierre Serpin Blignière, Lieutenant Criminel au Château du Loir, dated 1773, on title-page.
Provenance
Louis Pierre Serpin Blignière.
Binding
Full calf.
Classification
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Department