MALHERBE (François de). Poésies, rangées par ordre chronologique ; avec la Vie de l'Auteur, & de courtes Notes. New edition, carefully revised & corrected. Paris, Barbou, 1764. In-12 marbled calf, smooth spine decorated, title-page in red marble, triple gilt fillet framing the covers with flowers in ecoinçons, gilt edges (contemporary binding). Small tear to title-piece, small loss at tail-cap, otherwise a very fine copy of this attractive edition with a fine engraved frontispiece portrait. Ex-libris J.M.