Poem translation of Thompson's Seasons

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