BLAINVILLE J. de : - Lot 122

BLAINVILLE J. de : Rome, Paris and Madrid ridicules, with historical remarks and a collection of selected poems. From Pierre le Grand Paris 1713. Collective edition combining three 17th-century satires first published separately, including Rome ridicule in 1643 by Marc-Antoine Girar de Saint-Amant, Paris ridicule in 1668 by Claude le Petit, and Madrid ridicule in 1697, attributed to the same author according to Frédéric Lachèvre, if not to Blainville, author of the epigrams and other poems that conclude this collection. Complete with frontispiece. Bound in 12 full red morocco, 5-ribbed spine, slight traces of wax on the boards, three gilt edges, counter boards with roulette, binding signed Brany, inside fresh.