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BOCCACE-BOILEAU

Boccace (Le petit), ou les dangers de l'Amour, ses peines, ses tourments, etrennes aux amants malheureux. A Paris, Desnos, s.d., 16mo., 10 charming plates after Binet (15s.). Boffrand (Germain). Livre d'Architecture contenant les principes généraux de cet art, les plans, élévations et profils de quelques-uns des bâtiments bâtis en France et dans les pays étrangers par le sieur Boffrand, architecte. Paris, Cavelier, 1743-45, folio, pretty vignette by Tardieu after Boucher, and 68 plates of architecture, numbered 1 to 70; plates 21 and 77 were never published (£5 to £6).

Ten of these plates represent the interior decoration of the Hôtel de Soubise engraved by Babel and Lucas.

Boffrand. Description de ce qui a été pratiqué pour fondre en bronze, d'un seul jet, la figure équestre de Louis XIV. en 1699. Paris, 1743, fol., 20 plates (£3).

The plate representing "le four" is rare, and should not be missing. Boileau. Euvres diverses du S Boileau Despréaux . . . A Paris, Denys Thierry, 1701, 2 vols., 12mo., frontispiece and plates (128.). The last edition published during the author's lifetime.

Boileau. Euvres de Nicolas Boileau Despréaux, nouvelle édition, revue et augmentée. Paris, chez Esprit Billiot, 1713, 2 parts in 1 vol., 4to., nice portrait by Drevet after de Troy, vignette heading the Discours au Roi, signed, Gillot inv., Scotin sc., and 6 plates for "le Lutrin" by Scotin and Duflos after Gillot (12s.).

This edition, commenced by Valincourt and Renandot during the author's life, was finished two years after his death.

Boileau. Œuvres de . . . Amsterdam, 1715, 2 vols., 12mo., 2 engraved titles, not signed, portrait by A. de Blois after F. de Troy, and 6 plates for "le Lutrin" by Van Gouwen (5s.). Boileau. Œuvres de Boileau Despréaux, avec des eclaircissemens historiques donnez par lui-même. Genève, 1716, 2 vols., 4to., fine portrait of Boileau by F. Chereau after Rigaud, portrait of the Regent Philippe d'Orleans by Fr. Chereau after Santerre, and 6 plates for "le Lutrin" by Chereau (128. to 15s.).

First edition with the satire on "L'Equivoque."

Boileau. Euvres de Nicolas Boileau Despréaux, avec des eclaircissemens historiques donnez par lui-même, nouvelle edition revue, corrigée et augmentée de diverses remarques (par Brossette), enrichie de figures gravées par Bernard

Picart le Romain. Amsterdam, David Mortier, 1718, 2 vols., fol. and 4to., superb frontispiece, same fleuron on each title, portrait of the Princess of Wales, 6 plates, with a frontispiece for "le Lutrin," 2 vignettes, 27 tailpieces (several of which are repeated) (40 engravings in all), and 2 ornamented letters, all by B. Picart, save the portrait by V. Gunst after Kneller (20s. and considerably more in morocco).

Few copies printed on large paper are very rare, and last century they were much coveted by amateurs. Gosford copy on ordinary paper, red morocco doublé with citron morocco, and large dentelle inside and out, by Padeloup, 3500 frs. Reprinted 1729, with frontispiece and plates for "le Lutrin," within grotesque borders, re-engraved, some of the tailpieces either suppressed or modified (those on pages 19, 199, 216, 228, 289, 372 and 445 are new).

Boileau. Œuvres de Nicolas Boileau Despréaux, avec des eclaircissement historiques donnez parlui-même, nouvelle edition, revue, corrigée et augmentée, enrichie de figures gravées par Bernard Picart le Romain. La Haye, Vaillant, Gosse et de Hondt, 1722, 4 vols., 12mo., fine frontispiece and 6 plates for "le Lutrin" (reduced from those of the 1718 edition) (5s.).

Fleuron on the title of first volume, a large folding plate containing tailpiece with coat of arms, and 29 distinct tailpieces, all designed and engraved by B. Picart. Béhague copy in red morocco with arms of Mme. Adélaide, 400 frs.; Leboeuf de Montgermont's large-paper copy in 8vo., with 34 tailpieces in red morocco, by Padeloup, 1020 frs. Boileau. Euvres de M. Boileau Despréaux, avec des eclaircissemens historiques. Paris, veuve Alix, 1740, 2 vols., roy. 4to., portrait by Ravenet, after Rigaud, fleuron alike for both titles, 7 vignettes by Ravenet, after Trémolières, 38 tailpieces, and 6 ornamented letters, not signed, together with an escutcheon fleuron heading the preface (12s. and much more large-paper copies in sm. fol.).

This edition is invested with a special interest, inasmuch as the original orthography of Boileau is therein preserved intact, while in the other editions it has been modernized. Sometimes this edition contains the series of Cochin's 6 plates for "le Lutrin" within historiated borders, the same proofs which without borders have been utilized in the 1747 edition.

Boileau. Œuvres de Boileau Despréaux. Dresde, 1746, 4 vols., 8vo., frontispiece by Bernigeroth, fleuron - vignette by Bernigeroth, after Lippert on each title, and 6 plates for "le Lutrin," designed and engraved by Bernigeroth (68.). Boileau. Œuvres de M. Boileau Despréaux, nouvelle edition, avec des eclaircissements historiques donnés par lui-même

et rédigés par M. Brossette, etc. avec des remarques et des dissertations critiques par M. de Saint-Marc. Paris, David et Durand (Impr. de J. B. Coignard), 1747, 5 vols., 8vo., portrait by Daullé after Rigaud, 5 fleurons on the titles by Boucher after Eisen, 39 vignettes by Aveline, de la Fosse (and some not signed), after Eisen, 25 tailpieces not signed (only two bearing the name of Mathey sc.), and 6 plates for "le Lutrin," designed and engraved by Cochin fils (not signed) (15s. and considerably more in old morocco, particularly by one of the special binders of the period).

Copies on fine Dutch paper, and signatures marked with stars, or on stout paper, are much in request. Such a copy in old morocco in the Silvestre de Sacy sale brought 750 frs. ; the Leboeuf de Montgermont copy 1400 frs. The edition is of a handy size, and deserves appreciation. M. Ch. Mehl points out that the vignette representing animals heading the 9th satire should by virtue of the subject have been placed at the head of the satire 8, and vice versâ.

Boileau. Euvres de Boileau Despréaux. Paris, David, 1757, 3 vols., 16mo., 3 fleurons on the titles, not signed, and 3 vignettes, the first signed Eisen inv. Sornique, sc. (5s.). Boileau. Euvres de Boileau Despréaux. Amsterdam, Changuion, 1772, 5 vols., in 8vo. and in 12mo., plates by Picard, from the 1722 edition, with 5 frontispieces by Vinkeles, after Picart and Van der Meer, and 5 fleurons on the titles by de Bakker and Van der Meer. In this edition Boileau's pamphlet, "Aux prises avec les Jésuites," formerly suppressed by the influence of the Jesuits, has been re-inserted (5s.). There are some copies on stout Dutch paper (15s.). Gosford copy in old red morocco 255 frs.

Boileau. Œuvres choisies de Boileau. Amsterdam (Cazin), 1777, 2 vols., 16mo., medal portrait by de Launay, after Rigaud (48.).

Boileau. Le Lutrin, series of 8 plates, 4to., by Chenu, after Lemesle (208.).

Boileau. Le Lutrin, poême héroi-comique de Boileau Despréaux, traduit en vers latins avec figures. Paris, Nyon, 1780, 8vo., portrait by Daullé after Rigaud, and 6 plates by Cochin, not signed (10s.).

Boileau. Œuvres de Boileau, avec un discours préliminaire de Palissot et 8 Figures. Paris, Crapelet, 1798, 4to., portrait after J. J. Forty, by Voysard, and 8 plates by Voysard, Simonet, Thomas, Patas, and Trière, after Monsiau (10s., and on vellum paper with unlettered proofs treble).