Dominique Bouhours - Les Entretiens d’Ariste et d’Eugène — Seconde édition de - 1671

[BOUHOURS (Dominique)]. The Entretiens d’Ariste et d’Eugène. Paris, Sébastien Mabre-Cramoisy, 1671. Second edition dating from the original. Frontispiece, 544 pages and index; 11 × 19 cm approximately.

Parisian print run under Mabre-Cramoisy’s crane-mark, distinct from the Amsterdam edition also dated 1671. The six conversations deal with the sea, the French language, secrecy, the fine wit, the “je ne sais quoi,” and mottos. In the form of a conversation between two friends, the Jesuit Bouhours reflects on the nuances of usage and the judgment of taste. The frontispiece depicts the interlocutors by the sea, the setting of the first dialogue.

Full red morocco, spine with raised bands ornamented; boards with a double gilt-ruled border, and fleurons at the corners of the inner border. Bouhours’s name in gilt on the title.

Condition: wear to the head and tail of the spine and to the corners.