Odes de M. de La Motte de l'Académie Françoise : avec un Discours sur la poésie en général, & sur l'ode en particulier
La Motte, John Adams (Former owner)
Print Book, French, 1711
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Chez Gregoire Dupuis ..., A Paris, 1711
Authors' presentation copies (Provenance)
2 volumes : 1 illustration ; 18 cm
1038167057
Several odes are in Latin
Engraved frontispiece on verso facing title page
John Adams Library copy inscribed on t.p., v. 1-2: "ABCDEF."
Title page vignettes; head and tail pieces
Errata at end of both volumes
Signatures; A-S⁸ T⁶ (A1, E6, Q2, R2, T6 versos blank) ; A-T⁸ V⁶ (A1, D8, M6, P2, R6 versos blank)
Vol. 1: Liij signed 'Lii'; p. 80, 250-251 numbered 90, 150-151, respectively. Vol. 2: [B5] signed 'Biiij'; p. 305 numbered 530
"Discours sur la poésie en général, & sur l'ode en particulier"--Page [15]-75
"Fautes à corriger"--V. 1, p. [299]; v. 2, p. [314]
Publisher's ads: Catalogue ..., [3] p. at end of vol. 2
John Adams Library copy has bookplate: John Adams Library, in the Custody of the Boston Public Library