1796 VIRGIL Aeneid Georgics Eclogues Bucolics Desfontaines PROSE French 4v SET

1796 VIRGIL Aeneid Georgics Eclogues Bucolics Desfontaines PROSE French 4v SET

“Audaces fortuna iuvat- (Fortune favors the bold).”

― Virgil

Virgil is regularly considered one of the greatest Roman poets. His epic poems, ‘Eclogues,’ ‘Georgics,’ and ‘Aeneid’ are some of the most important works of western literature and describe mythology, medicine, astronomy, war and military, rhetoric, agriculture, and more!

Virgil’s works have been popular throughout the centuries, both to readers and writers respectively. French translator Pierre Desfontaines created one the most unique and impressive versions of Virgil – a parallel French and Latin edition. While similar works exist, Desfontaines translations were not simply word-for-word but rather prose renditions of the Virgil Latin. These translations proved to be highly sought after and are still noteworthy works today.

This 1796, four-volume edition of Desfontaines’s ‘Virgil’ was published in Paris by Plassan.

Item number: #21334

Price: $499

VIRGIL

Oeuvres de Virgile traduites en françois, le texte vis-à-vis la traduction, avec des remarques

Paris: De L’imprimerie de P. Plassan, 1796.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages; 4 volumes
  • 1 – lxi, [3], 478
    • 6 engravings
  • 2 – 437, [1]
    • 4 engravings
  • 3 – 447, [1]
    • 4 engravings
  • 4 – 510
    • 4 engravings
  • Language: French
  • Binding: Leather; tight and secure
  • Size: ~9in X 6in (23cm x 15cm)

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