Lot 24
  • 24

Greek and Roman literature and history.

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1,200 - 1,800 GBP
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  • A collection of 105 volumes in French, in leather bindings, including:
Diogenes Laertius. Les vies des plus illustres philosophes de l'antiquité. Amsterdam: Schneider, 1758, 3 volumes, 8vo, engraved plates, contemporary calf gilt, gilt edges
Aristotle. La morale et politique d'Aristote, traduites... par M. Thurot. Paris: Didot, 1823-1824, 2 volumes, 8vo, engraved frontispieces, contemporary half morocco by Simier, spines gilt, stamp on titles "bibliothèque du roi, neuilly", text spotted
Homer. Oeuvres completes d'Homere, traduction nouvelle. Paris: Didot l'aîné, 1786-1788, 4 volumes, 4to, 25 engraved plates after Marillier, contemporary calf gilt, gilt edges, [Cohen-de Ricci 496], text of vol.1 browned, other vol. with occasional spotting or browning, lacking map, head and foot of spines very slightly chipped
Villebrune, Lefebure de, translator. Banquet des savans, par Athénée, traduit, tant sur les textes imprimés, que sur plusieurs manuscrits, par M. Lefebure de Villebrune. Paris: Imprimerie de Monsieur, 1789-1791, 5 volumes, 4to, contemporary calf, spines gilt
Apuleius. L'ane d'or. Paris: Brunet, 1736, 2 volumes, 8vo, engraved additional title and 12 plates, contemporrary calf gilt, gilt arms of madame de pompadour on sides, [Cohen-de Ricci 85], plate at p.199 vol.1 slightly cropped, lacking 2 spine labels
and 89 others, most relating to Greek antiquity, a few Roman