Oeuvres de monsieur de Saint-Evremond, publiées sur ses manuscrits avec la vie de l'auteur [...].

5 vol., 12mo: [front.-30]-366-[4]-170-[18], [front.-4]-460-[12], [front.-4]-444-[16], [front.-6]-490-[18], [front.-10]-418-[12] pp.; 4 pl. (occ. sl. toned pp., pastedowns and flyleaves marg. toned).

Contemp. calf, gilt coat of arms on the double gilt-ruled boards, gilt spine with raised bands, spr. edges (sl rubbed, heads and tails sl. def.).

Fifth ed. (1st in 1705) of this collected work by Saint-Évremond containing his writings, comedy scripts and correspondence with i.a. Madame de Beverweert, Madame la Duchesse Mazarin, Mr. le Comte de Saint-Albans, Mr. le Duc de Buckingham, etc. Ill. with 4 engr. pl. out of text, 4 engr. front. and various pl. in-text. Charles de Marguetel de Saint-Denis, Lord of Saint-Évremond (1613-1703), was a French soldier, hedonist, essayist and literary critic. After 1661, he lived in exile, mainly in England, as a consequence of his attack on French policy at the time of the Peace of the Pyrenees (1659). Pierre Des Maizeaux (1666-1745) was a French Huguenot writer living in London.
Ref. Cioranescu (17th c.) III:1798. - Cioranescu (18th c.) I:656 (4th ed.).
Prov. Family Aldenburg (Bentinck?) (supralibros; ref. Rietstap I-II:27, I-II:177).