Oeuvres en Vers de Mr. Boleau Despreaux, Avec Des Eclaircissemens Historiques. Donnez par lui-même. Vols. I-IV

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One would not expect the fifteenth child of a Paris Parliamentary clerk to become one of France's leading men of letters but Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636 – 1711), often known si mply as Boileau, did much to reform the French poetry of his time. He holds a well-defined place in French literature, being one of the first who applied rules to versification. Show more