Les epistres de Seneque, traduites par Mre François de Malherbe, gentil-homme ordinaire de la chambre du roy.

Paris, A. de Sommaville, 1639

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Description du lot

12mo: [24 (front. incl.)]-647 pp. (sl. toned, sl. offsetting of the front.).

Contemp. red morocco, boards richly decorated with a gold-tooled "dentelle à l'éventail", central diamond-shaped ornament, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands, gilt pointillé on cuts, a.e.g. (spine and corners restored).

Second ed. (1st ed.: 4to, 1637) of this renowned translation by the French poet Fr. de Malherbe, with his portrait in frontispiece. Nice entirely ruled copy.
Ref. Tchemerzine-Scheler IV:349.

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