Translation of Thompson's Poem

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THOMPSON (Jack) The Seasons, a poem translated from the English by Thompson. Paris, Chaubert, Hérissant, 1759, octavo. Title-frontispiece and 4 full-page illustrations, as well as 4 vignettes by Eisen, engraved in intaglio by Baquoy, VIII, 4 ff., 332 pp. & 2 ff. of privilege. Stunning marbled full calf binding, gilt edges, minor cracks at the joints, one corner bumped, small loss at the upper headcap. First edition of the prose translation by Madame Bontemps of the famous English poem by Thompson. First printing of Eisen's illustrations.