Boileau Nicolas - La Bruyère (Jean de) - Lot 97

Boileau Nicolas - La Bruyère (Jean de) Œuvres. Collection des classiques françois. Paris, Didot et Lefèvre 1824. 6 volumes large in-8°, binding signed Capé. Half-maroquin with corners, spines highly decorated with gilded motifs in small pearled irons, gilded titles and endpapers, gilded heads. Untrimmed copy, with a few minor defects and wear. Printed on strong vellum with full margins, very white paper, very few pitting marks throughout the text sections. The series is packed with numerous engravings from other editions, documents, portraits, suites of illustrations before the letter, etc. Some of the added engravings are ruffled. Some of the added engravings are foxed. A handwritten pencil table indicates the documents added. A total of 147 items have been added. An elegant, well-established series, remarkably printed by Jules Didot, imprimeur du roi. Comprising 6 volumes, 4 for Boileau and 2 for La Bruyère. Complete set.