Live auction - Lot 1187
Live auction - Lot 1187
Le Virgile travesti en vers burlesques.
Paris, M. David ; C. David, 1726-1730
€ 100 / 150
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Lot description
3 vol., 12mo: [22]-360, [8]-303, [28]-181-[18] pp.; 8 pl. (some staining and browning, some marg. dam., min. soiling).
Contemp. calf, gilt spine with 5 raised bands, red leather title label, marbl. endpapers, red edges (all 3 with some defects).
Later edition of this parody of the Aeneid of Virgil, first published in 8 parts between 1648 and 1659. Illustrated with 8 full-page engravings by P. Lochon. Part 3, "La suite du Virgile travesti", attributed to Jacques Moreau de Brasey.
Ref. Quérard, La France littéraire, VIII: 505/506 (other ed.). - BnF.