Odes. Avec un discours su la poesie en général, & sur l'ode en particulier

Third enlarged edition. The first edition of 1707 and the second of 1709 from the same publisher had only one volume.

Contemporary full glazed brown sheep binding. Spine with raised bands decorated with rich compartments. Red morocco title label. Headcap of volume I worn. Small lack to upper headcap of volume II. Good copy.

The author held a choice place in the literary life of his time, and his Odes had considerable success. His most famous opera libretto was L'Europe Galante, but he brought numerous innovations to the stage; a regular at the salon of the Marquise de Lambert, he was at the origin of the second Quarrel of the Ancients and Moderns, taking the side of the Moderns, declaring verses and the rule of three unities in theatre useless. If his poetry has become barely readable (although one finds the literary life of the time there), it is, like his critical work, an important testimony of an era.