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LES JARDINS, POEME ..
by Delille, Jacques
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Paris, Chez Levrault, Freres, Libraires. De L'Imprimerie de P. Didot An IX. - 1801. xxxi,[1],166pp. Large octavo. Contemporary calf, spine gilt extra, gilt label, marbled edges. Frontis. Extremities and fore-tips a bit worn, some surface scarring and small nicks to lower board, large bookplate on front pastedown, a few minor marginal smudges, otherwise a very good copy, the text bright, crisp and fresh. Denoted a New Edition, considerably augmented. The fine engraved frontis is by Choffard after Monciau. Delille's most popular work of original poetry, first published in a preliminary form in 1782. The author's notes for the poem occupy the last forty pages of the text. Delille was an accomplished translator, notably of Virgil and Milton. His descriptive poem on the formal garden was popular as well in England, encompassing as it does descriptions of several of distinguished gardens across the channel, and this expanded text saw London printings almost immediately, and a number of deluxe/illustrated editions in the following decades. Brunet notes this edition adds 1100 lines to the poem. BRUNET II:576. VICAIRE III:122.
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- Title
- LES JARDINS, POEME ..
- Author
- Delille, Jacques
- Book Condition
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- Publisher
- Paris
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- Chez Levrault, Freres, Libraires
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We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization.
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