The Art of Versification Translated from French in Verse, Coming with the Original.

By Count Khvostov, 4the edition. St. Petersburg, Pluchard Press, 1830. XIV, 140 pages. Parallel Russian-French text of "Ars Poetica" by N. Boileau (1638-1711) translated by Dmitry Khvostov (1757-1835). Modern binding: gold-stamped calico spine, coloured paper. 26.3х21сm., in good conditon: red rust stains on paper, owner"s label before half-title, Hamburg library stamp, book collector"s label on the last endpaper. The edition is of importance to collectors.