"Two Beautiful Volumes In 12: "critical Reflections On Poetry And Painting", By M. l'Abbé Du Bos"
A beautiful and interesting treatise by Mr. Abbé Du Bos, from the reign of Louis XV: "Critical Reflections on Poetry and Painting". By Mr. Abbé Du Bos, one of the Forty, and Permanent Secretary of the French Academy. Fourth edition revised, corrected and enlarged by the Author. In Paris, at Pierre-Jean Mariette, rue Saint-Jacques aux Colonnes d'Hercule. M. DCC. XLVI. (1746). In two volumes, contemporary binding in full blond glazed calf, lightly speckled, smooth spines decorated with gilt iron, titles and volume numbers in red and ochre morocco. Marbled endpapers, red edges. A fine, complete copy; for a treatise, one of the first on painting, very interesting.