CORNEILLE (Pierre). The Imitation of Jesus Christ, translated and paraphrased in French verse. Paris, Printed in Rouen by L. Maurry for Robert Ballard, 1656. In-4 of [1] engraved title, [8] ff.-551 pp.-[9], 4 full-page plates drawn and engraved by François Chauveau. Marbled basane, threaded spine, red title page (modern binding). Rare second quarto edition of Pierre Corneille's verse translation of the Imitation of Jesus Christ, reproducing the text of the 1654 in-4 edition with the same figures by Chauveau. Ex-libris J.M.. (Tchemerzine, IV, 138.)