La morale de Tacite. De la flaterie.

12mo : [48]-250-[10] pp. (toned, some thumbing).

Cont. calf (rubbed), gilt spine on 5 raised bands (some def.), Good copy.

Rare essay on Tacitus views of flattery at the Roman Emperors courts by the critical French historian Amelot de la Houssaye (1634-1706), obviously a veiled allusion to Louis XIV's court at Versailles. Woodcut mark on title. Engr. headpcs. Ref. BnF. - Cp. Cioranescu 7106 (Hague ed.). - Not in Goldsmith (BL). Joined: Tacitus - Tibère, ou Les six premiers livres des Annales de Tacite [trsl. from the Latin J.-Ph.-R. de La Bléterie]. Amsterdam, D.J. Changuion, 1768. 3 vols, 12mo : XXXI-[1]-262, [4]-240-[4]-264 pp. Cont. mottled calf. Ref. STCN (1). - Id. - The works [...]. With political discourses upon that author by Thomas Gordon [4th corr. ed.]. London, for J. & F. Rivington [etc.], 1770. 2 vols, 12mo : xvi-317-[1], [2]-288 pp. Cont. calf (rubbed). 2 of 5 vols. Ref. ESTC N25927. - Florian - Numa Pompilius, second roi de Rome. London, (Cox & Baylis for) T. Boosey [etc.], 1812. 12mo : vii-[1]-334-[6] pp. Cont. sheep (rubbed). (2 ff. of final stocklist misbound between pp. [iv-v]). (7 vols)