Vincent VOITURE
Les Oeuvres de Monsieur de Voiture
Chez la Veuve F. Mauger|à Paris 1706|9 x 16 cm|2 volumes reliés
Edition illustrated with a frontispiece and a portrait of the author.
Later binding (early 19th century) in full light calf. Smooth spines decorated with gilt fillets, decorative borders and fleurons. Gilt fillet framing the boards. All edges marbled.
One corner slightly bumped and some rubbing, otherwise a fine copy.
The work contains the author's letters and various poems. Voiture (1597-1648) was throughout his life a gallant and courtier, brilliant in salons and fond of games. His epistolary talent made prose fashionable in France for a long time, and his poetry excels in the mannered and precious tone, even though he knew how to be trivial when necessary. He is an essentia
Later binding (early 19th century) in full light calf. Smooth spines decorated with gilt fillets, decorative borders and fleurons. Gilt fillet framing the boards. All edges marbled.
One corner slightly bumped and some rubbing, otherwise a fine copy.
The work contains the author's letters and various poems. Voiture (1597-1648) was throughout his life a gallant and courtier, brilliant in salons and fond of games. His epistolary talent made prose fashionable in France for a long time, and his poetry excels in the mannered and precious tone, even though he knew how to be trivial when necessary. He is an essentia
€180