NICOLAS EDMÉ BOILEAU DESPRÉAUX - 1636-1711 Oeuvres de Nicolas Boileau Despréaux Avec des éclaircissemens historiques / donnez par lui-meme.- Nouvelle edition revue, corrigée & augmentée de diverses remarques.- A La Haye: Chez P. Gosse & J. Neaulme, 1729.- 2 vols.: il.; 37 cm.- E. Edition consensually regarded as of excellent graphic quality for which contributed not only the the engravings but the numerous vignettes by Bernard Picart. The collation of each of the volumes is as follows: tome premier: [4], XVIII, [4], 450 p.: 1 portada alegórica, 1 portrait, 6 engravings; tome second : [4], VII, [1], 370, [19, 1 br.] p. In addition to the engravings the first volume is illustrated with 22 intaglio vignettes and a bordure at the beginning of the poem Le Lutrin (page 325); the second volume includes 7 vignettes. Cohen, col. 73. Brunet (I, col. 1058): Première édition de luxe que l'on ait donné de ce grand poëte. Elle se recommande et par sa belle éxecution typographique et par d'assez bonnes estampes ou vignettes.Heraldic Ex-libris of D. D. Le Tellier de Courtanvaux (and small stamp of the same librabry on the cover pages. Slightly disjointed copy, entire spotted calf bindings of the time quite fatigued but recoverable with golden leaf cutting; it preserves the original marbled paper guards.