Oeuvres diverses du sieur D *** avec le traité du sublime ou Du merveilleux dans le discours. traduir du grec de Longin

First edition of Boileau to bear the title Oeuvres and containing 9 satires, 4 epistles, the first four cantos of the Lutrin and the treatise on the sublime. The edition also contains a new notice to the reader and a new preface. Fine printing, in italics. There would exist an edition of Boileau's pieces dating from 1670 which Boileau mentions without stating the date, but which appears untraceable; Brunet cites it in commentary, without giving a date.
Contemporary full marbled sheep binding. Jansenist spine with raised bands. Black title-label. Generally rubbed. 2 corners slightly bumped. Missing the second leaf completing the privilege (final lines indicating the date). The two frontispieces are also missing, one should appear before the title, the other before the Lutrin. Title page soiled.
Important edition.