Two parts in one. [xiv], 105 leaves, numbered on rectos only. 103 copperplate engravings; title page vignette; two additional engraved title pages; engraved poem following title page with illustrated head piece; several additional engraved head and tail pieces, woodcut initial letters throughout. (Folio) 13¾x8¾, rebound in modern full tan morocco, gilt lettered title label on spine. First Edition.

The first edition of de Gomberville's Doctrine of Mortality. A wonderfully illustrated book; each of the 103 Daret engravings has a page of text opposite it, in French, detailing the wages of sin and virtue.