BOILEAU (Nicolas)
Poésies. Paris, De l'Imprimerie de Didot l'aîné, 1781. 2 volumes in-18, red morocco, triple gilt fillet, ornate smooth spine, gilt coat of arms on tail, interior lace, gilt edges (period binding).
Beautiful edition printed in small type by Didot.
A superb copy in morocco, stamped on the tail with the arms of Princess Grimaldi.
Louise-Félicité-Victoire d'Aumont-Mazarin (1759-1826) married Honoré IV Grimaldi (1758-1829), Duke of Valentinois and Prince of Monaco, in July 1777.
From the libraries of Sutton Sharpe and Daniel Sharpe, with their bookplates.
Covers and hinges slightly darkened, tiny crack to one jaw.
