BRεS, Jean-Pierre.   LES PAYSAGES.         Paris: Lefuel, n.d. (ca.   1821).          First edition. A series of poems celebrating the power of landscape and the various elements (such as "fabriques") that adorn it. Inspired by the paintings of Poussin, Brès tried to depict in poetry landscapes worthy of receiving "les grands hommes de l'antiquité," and "fabriques" representing le "paysage héroique." The text is divided into four books, each with 9 poems addressed to different exemplary "paysages," such as the house of Virgil, the fountain of love, the tower, the mill, the enchanted forest, the isles of Greece, the cascade and the magic grotto. Scarce. Only one copy listed in OCLC (Amsterdam).   24mo (11.5 x 7.5 cm); viii with decorative title page + 147 pp. + (viii pp. calendar) + 4 engraved plates.   Ganay 558.          Original decoratively printed pink paper over boards, extremities gently bumped, spine edges nicked, but firm; scattered light to moderate foxing, mostly in margins; a.e.g.; in matching decorative slipcase, rubbed and nicked. $250.00

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