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First duodeciimo edition (139mm. ) Pp. [16], [2] 3 - 144. Title page with a woodcut vignette ( bowl of flowers ), head and tail pieces, and capital letters. Occasional very light waterstaining ,otherwise the contents are clean, bright and fresh. Contemporary quarter calf rubbed, over drab grey paper backed boards. A near fine copy retaining the original green silk page marker. First published in Paris: G. de Luynes, 1655, in quarto format with a frontispiece, the copy offered here is the first edition in duodecimo format and issued without a frontispiece again published by G. de Luynes, Paris, 1659. Antoine Furetière (1619 - 88 ), a lexicographer and novelist. He was a member of the Académie francaise but fell out with them over their dilitatory preparation of its dictionary, so he published his own which resulted in him being thrown out. He wrote a number of novels a number of which became very popular. He was a friend of Racine, Boileau, Molière, and La Fontaine. In his dedicatory epistle to the Poesiès he informs us that he composed the satires and other pieces shortly after he left college. This is first duodecimo edition is rare, The Library Hub discover ( on-line 4/23 ) locates only two copies - Oxford University Libraries. University of Cambridge Libraries .The OCLC First Search ( on -line 4/23 ) locates only seven copies world wide - USA x2. Canada x1. France x 3. United Kingdom x 1. The first Quarto edition of 1655 is also rare, and neither edition is seen for sale very often. For more details see the Introduction to - Bronk. The poe?sies diverses of Antoine Furetiee?re : a partial reprint from the edition of 1664. Baltimore [ USA ] : J. H. Furst 1908. See also - Brunet Vol 2, page 1426, which notes the second duodecimo edition of 1664, and the first quarto edition of 1655. Seller Inventory # 000618
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