Dictionnaire des rimes et de pronunciation

by Charles Leopold Mathieu

$1,500 · Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books

First edition

Paris: Chez Janet, 1800. 12mo. lxiii, 341, 3 pp. Contemporary pastepaper wrappers. Ex-libris stamps of the Bibliothèque Charles-Guillon. A fresh, uncut copy in original condition. Item #19156 First edition, an exhaustive rhyming dictionary for poets who find themselves “too busy with their muse p. v, tr. ” to ruminate on words. The author begins with an overview of the pronunciation of the French

• Binding: Wrappers

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