Monsieur de Voiture - Les Oeuvres de Monsieur de Voiture - 1681
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The works of Monsieur Voiture.
1681, new corrected edition, by Mauger. Paris.
2 volumes in 1 volume.
Book measuring 16.5 x 10.5 cm, bound in full leather. Spine with 5 nerves. Upper and lower headbands chipped. Rounded corners, flat surfaces rubbed. Good condition for its age.
20th-century printed ex-libris from the Abbey Sainte-Marie de la Pierre-qui-Vire (Ex-libris of Monastery of Saint Mary of Petra Gyrante).
Portrait of a Car, and frontispiece in regard.
To the Lord the Prince of Condé... To the reader. Unpaginated (28 pages).
First volume
Letters of Monsieur de Voiture, 406 pages.
Then, table of letters and the king's privilege.
Volume 2:
Love Letters, 76 pages
New works by Monsieur de Voiture: The bookseller to the reader, new letters with a pagination error that restarts at 127 when we were at 147.
Metamorphoses, pages 173 to 176, then Ballad of Voiture, pages 177/178, then the story of Alcidalis and Zelide, pages 179 to 243.
Letters from Monsieur Costart to Monsieur De Pinchesne pages 245 to 248, then praise of the Count Duke of Olivares, pages 249 to 254.
Table of volume 2
The works of Monsieur Voiture.
1681, new corrected edition, by Mauger. Paris.
2 volumes in 1 volume.
Book measuring 16.5 x 10.5 cm, bound in full leather. Spine with 5 nerves. Upper and lower headbands chipped. Rounded corners, flat surfaces rubbed. Good condition for its age.
20th-century printed ex-libris from the Abbey Sainte-Marie de la Pierre-qui-Vire (Ex-libris of Monastery of Saint Mary of Petra Gyrante).
Portrait of a Car, and frontispiece in regard.
To the Lord the Prince of Condé... To the reader. Unpaginated (28 pages).
First volume
Letters of Monsieur de Voiture, 406 pages.
Then, table of letters and the king's privilege.
Volume 2:
Love Letters, 76 pages
New works by Monsieur de Voiture: The bookseller to the reader, new letters with a pagination error that restarts at 127 when we were at 147.
Metamorphoses, pages 173 to 176, then Ballad of Voiture, pages 177/178, then the story of Alcidalis and Zelide, pages 179 to 243.
Letters from Monsieur Costart to Monsieur De Pinchesne pages 245 to 248, then praise of the Count Duke of Olivares, pages 249 to 254.
Table of volume 2
Details
Number of Books
1
Subject
Literature
Book Title
Les Oeuvres de Monsieur de Voiture
Author/ Illustrator
Monsieur de Voiture
Condition
Good
Publication year oldest item
1681
Height
16.5 cm
Edition
Revised edition
Width
10.5 cm
Language
French
Original language
Yes
Publisher
Chez la Veuve F. Mauger, à Paris
Binding/ Material
Leather
Number of pages
750
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