SARASIN (Jean-François). Les Œuvres. Paris, Thomas Jolly, 1663. In-12 of [4] ff. 342-171-[9] pp. tan basane, spine ribbed and decorated, red title page, red tr. (modern imitation binding). Engraved portrait outside text. Edition published by Ménage and containing various pieces, some of which were highly prized and praised, such as La Conspiration de Walstein, which Nodier said was "a masterpiece that the author has not completed. This piece is the first in our language that we can oppose to Salluste, whose nerve and purity it sometimes has." The collection also contains the treatise sought after by chess enthusiasts: Opinions du Nom & du Jeu des Echets, as well as the following pieces: S'il faut qu'un jeune soit amoureux, dialogue; La Vie de Pomponius Atticus; la Pompe Funèbre de Voiture, & diverses poësies; Discours de la Tragédie, & Remarques sur l'Amour Tyrannique de M. de Scudéry; Histoire du siège de Dunkerque; Ode de Calliope sur la bataille de Lens; Lettre écrite de Chantilly à Madame de Montausier; Attici secundi G. Orbilius Musca; et Poésies. Ex-libris J.M.