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170 - MARMONTEL, Jean-François; LUCAIN (Marcus Annaeus Lucanus, known as). *The Pharsalia*.
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MARMONTEL, Jean-François; LUCAIN (Marcus Annaeus Lucanus, known as). *The Pharsalia*. First edition of Marmontel’s translation of one of the finest Latin epics. Paris, Merlin, 1766. 2 volumes, in-8 (188 x 120 mm), full marbled brown calfskin, smooth spine decorated with horizontal gilt fillets, title and volume number labels in brown leather, small gilt ironwork with tassels, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, gilded fillet on the edges, blue pebbled edges. LXXIX, 304, and 415 pages; 1 frontispiece and 10 engravings. Caps damaged, edges rubbed, corners worn, foxing. First edition of Marmontel’s translation of *Pharsalia*, illustrated with 10 engravings after Hubert-François Gravelot. Heraldic bookplate of the Count of Noir de Cambon. Included: *Les Caractères* by La Bruyère (Vol. 1: Paris, David, 1759; Vol. 2: Paris, Laurent Prault, 1782), Selected Fables by La Fontaine (Vols. 4 and 6: Paris, Durand, Deslauriers, 1773), Works of Molière (Vols. 1–5 and 7–8: Paris, Compagnie des Libraires, 1730), *Suite des Voyages de Tavernier* (Vol. 2: J.-B. Machuel, Paris, 1713), *Voyage de des Marchais* (Vol. 3: Paris, Saugrain, 1730), *General History of Travels* (Vol. 36). A fine, fairly fresh, and complete set of all his engravings.
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