Mathurin RÉGNIER

New revised and expanded edition with commentary by M. Viollet Le Duc and illustrated with a portrait of the author engraved by St Aubin and added facing the title page.
Half blonde sheep binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt fleurons and blind fillets, gilt lines highlighting the raised bands, gilt dentelles and multiple gilt fillets at head and foot, marbled paper boards, pastedowns and endpapers. Contemporary binding signed by Thouvenin.
Headcaps and corners rubbed, joints lightly rubbed, foxing.

New edition considerably expanded, decorated with a frontispiece by Natoire, engraved by L. Cars, 1 fleuron on the title page by Cochin fils, 7 vignettes and 15 tailpieces, of which there are only three different ones, by Bouché and Natoire, engraved by Cochin, and 3 ornamental letters.
Fine contemporary binding in full speckled brown calf, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt compartments and fleurons as well as a red morocco title label, gilt roll borders framing the boards and on the edges, gilt dentelle framing the pastedowns, all edges speckled green. Joints very lightly rubbed, four corners bumped. Small dark angular dampstain on four leaves, final leaves yellowed.

New edition, ornamented with a frontispiece engraved by L. Cars after C. Natoire, with headpieces, tailpieces and initials, engraved by Nicolas Cochin and L. Cars after Natoire and Bouché, all in first printing. The text is set within a handsome red border and printed on deluxe paper, with careful typography.
Contemporary full blonde calf binding. Spine with five raised bands richly decorated with gilt compartments and fleurons, as well as a blonde morocco title label. Triple gilt fillet border on boards. Fine gilt dentelle border on pastedowns. All edges gilt. Joints of upper board slightly cracked at head and foot and rubbed.
Handsome copy with full margins preserved in an...

New edition.
Contemporary full sheep binding. Spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt compartments and fleurons, and a red morocco title label. Cold-tooled fillet framing the boards. Cracked joints, head worn and tail damaged with loss, rubbing, corners bumped. Fresh interior.
This edition contains the epistles, the elegies and miscellaneous poems including the sonnet to Sieur de Rapin which was not found in previous editions but which was not retained by modern criticism.

Edition presented with revised and corrected commentary, one of the rare copies printed on China paper.
Full navy morocco binding, spine with five raised bands set with gilt dots decorated with gilt double compartments enhanced with gilt typographical motifs, gilt friezes at head and foot, gilt roulettes on headcaps, triple gilt fillet frame on covers, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, gilt dentelle frame on pastedowns, all edges gilt, double gilt fillets on leading edges, superb contemporary binding signed by Hardy.
Some foxing.
Handsome copy established in a perfect full morocco binding signed by Hardy.

New edition, ornamented with a frontispiece engraved by L. Cars after C. Natoire, with head- and tailpieces and initial letters, engraved by Nicolas Cochin and L. Cars after Natoire and Bouché, all in first printing. The text is set within a beautiful red frame and printed on deluxe paper, with careful typography.
Contemporary full blonde calf binding with scale pattern. Spine with five raised bands richly decorated with gilt compartments and fleurons, and a blonde morocco title label. Triple gilt fillet framing the covers. Fine gilt dentelle framing the doublures. All edges marbled. Foot headcap partially damaged with half missing, exposing the partially unstitched headband. Two...

Edition presented with revised and corrected commentary.
Half hazel morocco binding, spine with five raised bands, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
Some minor light foxing.
A handsomely bound copy.

New edition decorated with a headpiece by Eisen engraved by Sernique, repeated at the head of the text in the second volume.
Contemporary smooth blonde calf binding. Smooth spines decorated with red morocco title labels, gilt compartments and small gilt tools, as well as gilt dentelle at foot. All edges red. One joint very slightly cracked and some rubbing. A charming copy.

New edition illustrated with a portrait of the author as frontispiece.
Full glazed caramel calf binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt tools, fillets and stamps, gilt friezes at head and foot, gilt roulettes on headcaps, a small harmless hole at foot of one joint, covers framed with a gilt fillet and blind tooled border, gilt edges on leading edges, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, contemporary bindings.
Some minor foxing. Handsome copy in an attractive contemporary binding.