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De Baecque et Associés

1061 - TACITE. THE WORKS.

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€200 - 300

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30%

TACITE. THE WORKS. Paris, Louis Billaine, 1665. In-4°, [24]-745-[55] pages, brown calfskin, decorated ribbed spine (contemporary binding). New edition, revised and corrected, of the translation by Nicolas Perrot d’Ablancourt. Frontispiece engraved by Chauveau. Provenance: François Michel Petit de Marivat, squire, Lord of La Vaivre, provincial commissioner of war, and disbursing officer for the County of Burgundy (armorial bookplate). One fragile joint. Included: - PERROT d’ABLANCOURT (Nicolas). THE APOPHTHEGMS OF THE ANCIENTS, drawn from Plutarch, Diogenes Laertius, Aelian, Athenaeus, Stobaeus, Macrobius, and several others. And *The Stratagems of Frontinus*, translated by Nicolas Perrot, Sieur d’Ablancourt. Paris, Th. Jolly, 1664. 1 volume, in-4°, contemporary brown calf. SET OF 2 VOLUMES.

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Auction details

Books, Manuscripts, and Autographs
Tuesday, December 1
02:30 PM
3, impasse des Chevau-Légers
78000 Versailles, France

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De Baecque et Associés +33 1 58 40 82 92 versailles@debaecque.fr
On Drouot for more than 10 years avec More than 290,000 lots published

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