Le Virgile travesti en vers burlesques de monsieur Scarrron (deux parties en un)

Paris: Michel David, 1705.

Two volumes bound as one, complete. Both titlepages present. Bound in contemporary vellum, slightly dust soiled, with remnants of label to spine, marbled pastedowns. Margins trimmed with no loss of text. Engraved titlepages and headpieces. A clean and tight copy. 8vo (6 x 3.5 ins); pp [xvi], 360; [viii], 299, [3] Scarron was a prolific French writer who contributed significantly to the development of three literary genres: the drama, the burlesque epic, and the novel. He was the first husband of Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon, the influential second wife of King Louis XIV of France (Britannica)