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Nicolas Boileau Despréaux – Satires et Oeuvres diverses, a 370‑page illustrated edition in French, published in 1762 in Amsterdam by Aux dépens de la Compagnie, bound in brown full morocco with a five‑rib spine and title label, frontispiece portrait by Hyacinthe Rigaud, with one copy in decent condition.
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Boileau Despreaux, Nicolas. Satires and Various Works.
Portrait of the author by Hyacinthe Rigaud on the frontispiece.
Amsterdam, at the expense of the Company. 1762. Small octavo. 370 pages. Full brown calf binding with a gilt-ornamented spine with five raised bands and a title piece. Manuscript ex-libris.
Rare copy in decent condition, with epidermis flaws and rubbing to the spines and boards (cracks on the spine), the upper hinge missing, the lower hinge and corners worn. A child (?) seems to have scratched drawings on the boards, a horse on the second board, perhaps as part of a course on rock art or parietal art… Interior in good condition, slightly yellowed (see photos).
The work opens with a dedication to the Secretary of the City of Amsterdam followed by a preface and various preliminary writings (pages I-XXIV): To the Reader, a Discourse on Satire and a Table of Contents. The volume then begins with a Discourse to the King (pages 1-5); then follow the various works, with 6 plates hors texte, all devoted to the lectern.
The Satires is a collection by Nicolas Boileau composed starting in 1657 and published from 1666, inspired by Horace’s Satires and those of Juvenal, and entirely written in alexandrines.
The collection contained seven poems in the original edition. In 1668 a new edition appeared, augmented by two satires and a Discourse on satire. In 1694, satire X “Against Women” was added, and in 1701 the eleventh. The twelfth satire, forbidden for publication, did not appear until after the author’s death in 1716.
The themes are very varied, and there is no overarching plan. Among these themes are the difficulty of living in Paris (I and VI), the vanity of the nobility (V), and a ridiculous dinner (III). But Boileau’s favored target remains the authors of his time whom he judged to be bad (II, III and IX in particular).
Against Molière: Happy Scuderi, whose fertile pen
Can by the end of every month effortlessly produce a volume! [...]
And when the rhyme at last finds its end in the verse,
What does it matter if the rest is put awry!
Against Paris: Let us therefore leave this troublesome city for good,
Where honor wages war with fortune; [...]
And what man so cold would not be full of bile,
At the odious aspect of the manners of this city?
Rare work, very interesting and highly critical, by Boileau enriched with a very rare rock-art drawing on the cover…
Boileau Despreaux, Nicolas. Satires and Various Works.
Portrait of the author by Hyacinthe Rigaud on the frontispiece.
Amsterdam, at the expense of the Company. 1762. Small octavo. 370 pages. Full brown calf binding with a gilt-ornamented spine with five raised bands and a title piece. Manuscript ex-libris.
Rare copy in decent condition, with epidermis flaws and rubbing to the spines and boards (cracks on the spine), the upper hinge missing, the lower hinge and corners worn. A child (?) seems to have scratched drawings on the boards, a horse on the second board, perhaps as part of a course on rock art or parietal art… Interior in good condition, slightly yellowed (see photos).
The work opens with a dedication to the Secretary of the City of Amsterdam followed by a preface and various preliminary writings (pages I-XXIV): To the Reader, a Discourse on Satire and a Table of Contents. The volume then begins with a Discourse to the King (pages 1-5); then follow the various works, with 6 plates hors texte, all devoted to the lectern.
The Satires is a collection by Nicolas Boileau composed starting in 1657 and published from 1666, inspired by Horace’s Satires and those of Juvenal, and entirely written in alexandrines.
The collection contained seven poems in the original edition. In 1668 a new edition appeared, augmented by two satires and a Discourse on satire. In 1694, satire X “Against Women” was added, and in 1701 the eleventh. The twelfth satire, forbidden for publication, did not appear until after the author’s death in 1716.
The themes are very varied, and there is no overarching plan. Among these themes are the difficulty of living in Paris (I and VI), the vanity of the nobility (V), and a ridiculous dinner (III). But Boileau’s favored target remains the authors of his time whom he judged to be bad (II, III and IX in particular).
Against Molière: Happy Scuderi, whose fertile pen
Can by the end of every month effortlessly produce a volume! [...]
And when the rhyme at last finds its end in the verse,
What does it matter if the rest is put awry!
Against Paris: Let us therefore leave this troublesome city for good,
Where honor wages war with fortune; [...]
And what man so cold would not be full of bile,
At the odious aspect of the manners of this city?
Rare work, very interesting and highly critical, by Boileau enriched with a very rare rock-art drawing on the cover…
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Number of books
1
Subject
Literature
Book title
Satires et Oeuvres diverses
Author/ Illustrator
Boileau
Condition
Good
Publication year oldest item
1762
Edition
Illustrated Edition
Language
French
Original language
Yes
Number of pages
370
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