Oeuvres completes.
Cloth
1853 · Paris
by Regnier, Mathurin.
Paris: P. Jannet, 1853. Cloth. Good . 12mo; 17 cm., lv, 340, ads., Red cloth, stamped in blind, titled in gilt on spine., Water stains along bottom edge of casing; some spotting in text., One of the great wits of his age, Regnier wrote satires in alexandrines after the manner of Horace and Juvenal. No less an authority than Sainte Beuve compared them to Flemish paintings for their vigor, their precision and light. Includes an essay on the history of satire in France. (Inventory #: 34)