Author: [DUFRESNY, CH., ]
Title: Amusemens seriovs and comical; or A new collection of Bons-mots, Keen-Jests, Ingenious Thoughts, Pleasant Tales, and Comical adventures; for the Use of such as design to learn either French, or English./Amusemens serieux et Comiques; ou nouveau recueil de Bons-mots, de Railleries fines,...Orig.edn.
Description: The Hague/La Haye, Isaac Vaillant, 1719. sm.8°. (8° - * 8 A-T 8). orig. full vellum. double ti.-p. both printed in red and black, english/french, 2 different engraved title-vignettes at tails. Dedication to John Merrill Junior, Esqr.[7]pp; dedication to the reader [4]pp.(verso of p.4 blank), with 2 rather large engraved endpieces. Hftitle., 293pp.[A1] - T3),table of contents (verso T3) - [T8] = [12]pp. With 2 large engraved end-pieces. English text alongside french translation. BOUND-UP: [BOILEAU-]DESPREAUX, Satire Contre les Femmes avec l'Apologie des Femmes par Mr. Perrault. Amsterdam, Adrian Braakman, 1694. 2 parts. 2 title pages, first ti.-p. dated, 2nd. ti.p.(A13, with royal privilege printed on verso) = [p.26] undated (the apology), with 2 engraved title-vignettes. ADDED: D.M.(Le Sieur de), Nouvelles remarques sur la Satire de Monsr. Boileau contre les Femmes. Dans lequelles on fait voir clairement les diferentes fautes où il [Boileau] est tombé,..On y verra encore quelques rreflexions generales sur les precedents ouvrages, & sur la maniere de bien juger d'une piece en vers, en faveur de ceux qui n'ont pas une connoissance fort étendüe de la Poësie Françoise..A La Haye, Pierre van Thol, 1694. Ti.-p.(verso blank) with an engraved vignette at tail. (45pp). Incl. 2 'letters' directed to Mr. Boileau, with 2 decorated initials, engraved endpiece. A copy of the first volume (amusements..) present in holdings of the dutch Royal Library, KB, published at a later date however: The Hague, f.M. Vaillant, 1720. The library holds a much later edn. of Boileau, Satire contre les femmes: Paris, Briffaut, 1927. Our copy is in excellent condition. Rarissime.

Keywords: 19th amusement/suffrage