DELILLE (Jacques). L'Homme des champs ou les géorgiques françoises. Paris, Levrault, Schoell et cie, 1805. In-8° bound in full green morocco, smooth spine decorated with gilt, triple gilt roulette on the boards, gilt roulette on the edges and inside, gilt edges (Binding of the period). 225 pp. Decorated with 1 frontispiece with 4 figures out of text and 8 vignettes on the head by Catel after Haldenwag and Buchorn. Work printed on vellum paper. Good condition in spite of a scuffed binding and some foxing affecting the text and plates. Modern bookplate, and that of Mortimer L. SchiffProvenance: Collection of a Basel bibliophile. Good condition Binding : Scuffed boards Worn spine and bindings Spine unsealed, boards unsealed Inside pages : Foxing affecting the text and plates Oxidized title page

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