Lot n° 373
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80 - 100
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BOCCAGE (Anne-Marie Le Page, known as FIQUET DU). La Colombi - Lot 373
BOCCAGE (Anne-Marie Le Page, known as FIQUET DU). La Colombiade, or Faith brought to the new world. Paris, Desaint & Saillant, Durand, 1756.
In-8, viii-184 pp, [1] f. Frontispiece portrait, title vignette, header vignette with arms of Benedict XIV, 10 out-of-text figures by Chedel.
Bound in sequence by the same author:
- Le Paradis terrestre, poem imitated from Milton. New edition[...] Amsterdam, sn, 1748. [5] ff. 107 pp. Title vignette, 6 header vignettes and a cul-de-lampe. Followed by Poème qui a remporté le prix de l'Académie de Rouen [...] le 12 juillet 1746. [1] f., 6 pp. + [1] f. (poem to the engraver Louise Le Daulceur). (Cohen, 328.)
- Les Amazones, tragedy. Paris, Merigot, 1749. [2] ff. 83-[1] pp. + [1] f. (verses in Latin dedicated by a German doctor to Mme Du Boccage).
- The Temple of Fame. London, sn, 1749. ix-33 pp.
- Poem which won the prize of the Academy of Rouen [...] on July 12, 1746. Rouen, sn, sd (cut by binder). [1] and 5 pp. larger in-8, folded.
Marbled calf, richly decorated smooth spine, tan title page (contemporary binding). Small loss at head cap.
Also by the same author: Le Paradis terrestre, poem imitated from Milton. London, sn, 1755. vi-[2]-122 pp. Portrait, frontispiece, title vignette, 6 header vignettes here unsigned. Followed by : Poème qui a remporté le prix de l'Académie de Rouen [...] le [12] juillet 1746 (the date has been scratched and partly corrected by hand).
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