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La pharsale de Lucain ou le guerres civiles de Cesar & de Pompée en vers François, par M. De Breboeuf.
by LUCANUS, Marcus Annaeus
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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Concord, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Leiden: Jean Elsevier [ Elzevir ], 1658. Hardcover. See Description. Small 12mo. pp. 417, [1]. With extra engraved title page. Bound in period full red morocco. Spine is gilt in compartments; boards are richly gilt with floral borders. The binding is well preserved with only minor spots of wear. All edges of the book block are gilt. The extra engraved title is tightly trimmed with no outer margin. Interior pages contain occasional mild marginal spotting but are otherwise generally clean. Lucan’s epic poem "Pharsalia" (written during the reign of Nero) concerns the Roman Civil War between Julius Caesar and Pompey. In 48 b.c.e the conflict came to a conclusion with Pompey’s defeat on the Thessalian plains of Pharsalus. The poem then extends down to the capture of Egyptian Alexandria. Lucan’s epic is also noted for containing many elements of the supernatural, including turgid scenes of magic and witchcraft. Translated from the Latin into French verse by the French poet and translator Georges de Brébeuf. The first de Brébeuf edition was published by De Sommaville in Paris (1655). [Willems 827; Rahir 826; Berghman 907 - "Édition belle et des plus appréciées"]
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- Bookseller
- Robert McDowell Antiquarian Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001066
- Title
- La pharsale de Lucain ou le guerres civiles de Cesar & de Pompée en vers François, par M. De Breboeuf.
- Author
- LUCANUS, Marcus Annaeus
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - See Description
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Jean Elsevier [ Elzevir ]
- Place of Publication
- Leiden
- Date Published
- 1658
- Keywords
- LUCANUS LUCAN PHARSALIA ROMAN LATIN LITERATURE POETRY GEORGES DE BRÉBEUF.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classical and Medieval Literature;
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Robert McDowell Antiquarian Books
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- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- 12mo
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- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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