Author: Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux; Pierre Beaumarchais
Title: Oeuvres de Beaumarchais, Et Oeuvres Poetiques de N. Boileau
Description: Paris, Lamplace, Sanchez et Cie; Garnier Freres, 1880-1885 . Leather. Two delightful volumes of French poetry, from famous French writers, illustrated with hand coloured plates. In the original French.The first work present is an 1880 edition of the poetry of Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux, a seventeenth century French poet credited with doing much to reform French poetry. Illustrated with four delightful hand-coloured plates. Collated, complete.The second volume is an 1885 edition of the poetical works of French polymath Pierre Beaumarchais. At various times in his life Beaumarchais was a watchmaker, inventor, playwright, musician, diplomat, spy, publisher, horticulturist, arms dealer, satirist, financier and revolutionary.This volume is likewise illustrated with four hand coloured plates. Collated, complete. In quarter morocco bindings, with cloth covered boards. Gilt detailing to spines. Slight discolouration to back strips, with boards exceptionally bright. Internally, firmly bound. Instances of spotting to page perimeters, with pages otherwise generally clean and bright. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .
Keywords: Oeuvres de Beaumarchais Boileau french poetry Boileau Not Stated
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Title: Oeuvres de Beaumarchais, Et Oeuvres Poetiques de N. Boileau
Description: Paris, Lamplace, Sanchez et Cie; Garnier Freres, 1880-1885 . Leather. Two delightful volumes of French poetry, from famous French writers, illustrated with hand coloured plates. In the original French.The first work present is an 1880 edition of the poetry of Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux, a seventeenth century French poet credited with doing much to reform French poetry. Illustrated with four delightful hand-coloured plates. Collated, complete.The second volume is an 1885 edition of the poetical works of French polymath Pierre Beaumarchais. At various times in his life Beaumarchais was a watchmaker, inventor, playwright, musician, diplomat, spy, publisher, horticulturist, arms dealer, satirist, financier and revolutionary.This volume is likewise illustrated with four hand coloured plates. Collated, complete. In quarter morocco bindings, with cloth covered boards. Gilt detailing to spines. Slight discolouration to back strips, with boards exceptionally bright. Internally, firmly bound. Instances of spotting to page perimeters, with pages otherwise generally clean and bright. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .
Keywords: Oeuvres de Beaumarchais Boileau french poetry Boileau Not Stated
Price: GBP 120.00 = appr. US$ 171.36 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 864F30
- Book number: 864F30
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