Live auction - Lot 1503
Les Géorgiques, traduction nouvelle en vers françois, enrichies de notes & de figures; par M. Delille [...].
VERGILIUS MARO, Publius
€ 200 / 300
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Lot description
Paris, C. Bleuet (Lottin l'aîné), 1770
8vo: 345-[1] pp.; 4 pl.
Contemp. red morocco, gilt ruled covers with three fillets, spine entirely gilt decorated with raised bands, gilt edges (sm. traces of use).
First French edition by Jacques Delille (1738-1813) of the Georgics. Illustrated with 4 plates. Parallel texts Latin-French. Two ed. were published by Bleuet in 1770: one 8vo with 4 pl. (ours) and one large 8vo with 1 front. and 4 pl.
Ref. Cohen 1022.
Prov. Prince E. Lwoff (bookpl.).
Joined: Devaux, Paul - Études politiques sur les principaux événements de l'histoire romaine. Bruxelles, librairie C. Muquardt; Paris, libr. Hachette, 1880. 2 vol., 8vo. Contemp. armorial red shagreen. First edition published posthumously. Illustrated with a fold. map of Italy. Prov. Presentation binding of Belgium (supralibros). - Léopold II (monogrammed supralibros). (3 vol.)