Le Theatre Moral De La Vie Humaine Representee En Plus De Cent Tableaux Divers Tirez De Poete Horace Par Le Sieur Otho Venius Et Expliquez En Autant De Discours Moraux Par Le Sieur De Gomberville. Avec La Table Du Philosphe Cebes
by HORACE; Gomberville, Marin Le Roy De
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good +/No Jacket
- Seller
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Bruxelles: Francois Feppens, 1678. Bound in 20th century 1/4 tan leather over decorative boards. Handsome re-bind. xi, [5], 211, 16 pages : illustrations ; 37 cm. Title in red and black, large vignette engraved on the title (A. van Diepenbeek), complete portrait (engraved by Paulus Pontius after the drawing by Gertrude Vaenius) and 130 large emblematic figures, intaglio engraved by Otto Vaenius. Complete with the beautiful allegorical plate displ. 'Le Tableau de Cèbes' at the end of the flight. Large wooden initials. Some very minor foxing . . . Overall, a most acceptable copy. Translated: The moral theater of human life, represented in more than one hundred various paintings, taken from the poet Horace. Text in French.. Early Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller
- abookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 59006550
- Title
- Le Theatre Moral De La Vie Humaine Representee En Plus De Cent Tableaux Divers Tirez De Poete Horace Par Le Sieur Otho Venius Et Expliquez En Autant De Discours Moraux Par Le Sieur De Gomberville. Avec La Table Du Philosphe Cebes
- Author
- HORACE; Gomberville, Marin Le Roy De
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Early Edition
- Publisher
- Francois Feppens
- Place of Publication
- Bruxelles
- Date Published
- 1678
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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