1683 Rochambeau PROVENANCE Rev War Yorktown USA Lucan PHARSALIA Julius Caesar

1683 Rochambeau PROVENANCE Rev War Yorktown USA Lucan PHARSALIA Julius Caesar

“Wars worse than civil on Emathian plains, and crime let loose we sing; how Rome’s high race plunged in her vitals her victorious sword;” 

― Lucan, Pharsalia 

‘Pharsalia’ or ‘On the Civil War’ is an ancient Roman poem detailing the civil war between Julius Caesar and the Senate. Lucan discusses the cultural despair experienced in Rome and also exposes many of the flaws that Julius Caesar possessed in his political and military leadership. In addition to historical importance, ‘Pharsalia’ includes elements of the supernatural, dream interpretation, ghosts, and prophetic visions.

Translated into French by Georges de Brebeuf. This 1683 edition is desirable in part because of the full-page engravings.

Item number: #27982

Price: $1500

LUCAIN, Marcus Annæus

La Pharsale de Lucain ou les guerres civiles de Cesar et de Pompée

A La Haye: A. Leers, 1683.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • [22], 375, [1]
  • 11 engraved plates (including engraved title page)
• Provenance: Armorial bookplate – Domini de Rochambeau
  • Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau (1 July 1725 – 10 May 1807) was a French Royal Army officer and nobleman who played a critical role in the Franco-American victory at siege of Yorktown in 1781 during the American Revolutionary War. He was commander-in-chief of the Expédition Particulière, the French expeditionary force sent to help the Americans fight against British forces. He was arrested during the Reign of Terror in 1793–1794 and imprisoned in the Conciergerie. He narrowly avoided the guillotine, with his execution being scheduled mere days away when the Thermidorian Reaction occurred, ending the Reign of Terror. After his imprisonment and subsequent release, Rochambeau was pensioned after meeting Napoleon in 1801 and later received the Légion d’honneur in 1804 after Napoleon’s ascension to emperor.
  • Handwritten – Noel Serault
    • Possibly Noel Serault, a 17^th-century French portrait engraver.
  • Language: French
  • Binding: Leather; tight and secure
  • Size: ~5.25in X 3in (13.5cm x 7.5cm)

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