Christophe Colomb ou L'Amerique Découverte

First edition, illustrated with two frontispieces by Challe, engraved by Tilliard.
Contemporary full grained calf binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title-label. Headcaps worn. Upper joint cracked at head and foot. Lower joint split. 2 corners bumped and one cut.
Epic poem in verse in 24 cantos telling the story of Columbus's discovery of America, viewed as a symbolic and religious saga.