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1223 - VIRGILIUS MARO, Publius: The Works [...] Translated into French, with the original text alongside the translation, illustrated with engravings, and with notes by Abbé Des Fontaines. Paris: Quillau père, 1743. 4 vols., in-8°: [10]-lxvi-447, [4]-lv-[1]-368, [4]-448-[1], [4]-508-[5] pp.; 20 h.-t. (a few leaves browned, with pinholes and sporadic minor foxing). Red morocco from the era, gilded straight band encircling the covers, spine with gilded floral raised bands, title and volume number in olive, gilded fillet on the edges, gilded roll on the headbands, gilded edges on marbled paper (slightly rubbed at the edges, corners, and headbands). Copy with wide margins, a beautiful set. Illustrated edition (complete with): 1 portrait of Abbé Des Fontaines engraved by Schmidt after Toqué, 1 frontispiece, and 17 plates engraved by Cochin père et fils after Cochin fils. Enriched with a portrait of Constantin Mauro-Cordato, engraved by Petit. Ref. Cohen 1020. Formerly owned by John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley (1826–1902), British politician (ex-libris bearing the motto “Strike hard”).
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VIRGILIUS MARO, Publius: The Works [...] Translated into French, with the original text alongside the translation, illustrated with engravings, and with notes by Abbé Des Fontaines. Paris: Quillau père, 1743. 4 vols., in-8°: [10]-lxvi-447, [4]-lv-[1]-368, [4]-448-[1], [4]-508-[5] pp.; 20 h.-t. (a few leaves browned, with pinholes and sporadic minor foxing). Red morocco from the era, gilded straight band encircling the covers, spine with gilded floral raised bands, title and volume number in olive, gilded fillet on the edges, gilded roll on the headbands, gilded edges on marbled paper (slightly rubbed at the edges, corners, and headbands). Copy with wide margins, a beautiful set. Illustrated edition (complete with): 1 portrait of Abbé Des Fontaines engraved by Schmidt after Toqué, 1 frontispiece, and 17 plates engraved by Cochin père et fils after Cochin fils. Enriched with a portrait of Constantin Mauro-Cordato, engraved by Petit. Ref. Cohen 1020. Formerly owned by John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley (1826–1902), British politician (ex-libris bearing the motto “Strike hard”).
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