Luxuriously produced bibliophile edition, illustrated by Bernard Picart
BOILEAU DESPRÉAUX, Nicolas.
Oeuvres. Avec des éclaircissemens historiques, donnez par lui-même.
Amsterdam, David Mortier, 1718. 2 volumes. Folio. With a richly engraved allegorical frontispiece, incorporating a portrait of the author, an engraved vignette with portrait of Erasmus on the title page of both volumes, both titles are printed in red and black, all text pages are set within a fine typographical woodcut border, an engraved part-title, 6 full-page engraved plates, 2 engraved headpieces, 2 engraved initials, and 27 engraved tailpieces by Bernard Picart.
Late 18th or early 19th-century gold-tooled straight-grain dark blue morocco, with the title and imprint lettered in gold on the spine, a single fillet and two ornamental borders on both boards, gold-tooled board edges and turn-ins, gilt and gauffered edges, orange end papers. [4], XVIII, [4], 450; [4], VII, [1], 370, [20] pp. Full description
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Amsterdam, David Mortier, 1718. 2 volumes. Folio. With a richly engraved allegorical frontispiece, incorporating a portrait of the author, an engraved vignette with portrait of Erasmus on the title page of both volumes, both titles are printed in red and black, all text pages are set within a fine typographical woodcut border, an engraved part-title, 6 full-page engraved plates, 2 engraved headpieces, 2 engraved initials, and 27 engraved tailpieces by Bernard Picart.
Late 18th or early 19th-century gold-tooled straight-grain dark blue morocco, with the title and imprint lettered in gold on the spine, a single fillet and two ornamental borders on both boards, gold-tooled board edges and turn-ins, gilt and gauffered edges, orange end papers. [4], XVIII, [4], 450; [4], VII, [1], 370, [20] pp. Full description
