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La Pharsale de Lucain, ou les guerres civiles de Cesar & Pompée. En vers françois.

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La Pharsale de Lucain, ou les guerres civiles de Cesar & Pompée. En vers françois.

by LUCANUS. - BREBEUF, (Guillaume de)

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Leiden, Jean Elsevier, 1658. With engr. figured title, engr. vignette on printed title (Le solitaire). 417 pp. 12mo. 18th-cent. full red morocco, flat spine gilt with gilt lettering, gilt lozenge design on sides, gilt outer edges and inner dentelles, pastedowns and flyleaves of blue watered silk, edges gilt (signed Bozerian jeune on back; spine slightly faded). Leiden, Jean Elsevier, 1658. First Elsevier edition of this French verse translation of Marcus Annaeus Lucanus' "Pharsalia" by Guillaume de Brébeuf (1618-1661). It was initially published in Paris in 1655. Fine copy in an elegant binding executed by the famous binder Bozerian jeune (fl. 1805-18). He was one of the most productive binders of the period working for Napoleon, Renouard and all the great bibliophiles of his time. - Willems 827 ("Edition fort bien exécutée"); Copinger 2913; Schweiger 568; Hoefer VII, 288f. ("on trouve chez lui un grand nombre de beaux vers et d'expressions poétiques"); Brunet III, 1202 ("elle est jolie, et les exemplaires bien conservés sont rares et recherchés"). CLASSICS ; LITERATURE: FRENCH ;

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Hellmut Schumann Antiquariat CH (CH)
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Title
La Pharsale de Lucain, ou les guerres civiles de Cesar & Pompée. En vers françois.
Author
LUCANUS. - BREBEUF, (Guillaume de)
Book Condition
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Leiden, Jean Elsevier
Date Published
1658
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CLASSICS ;

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Vignette
A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
Edges
The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
12mo
A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
Gilt
The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Fine
A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Spine
The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Morocco
Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...

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