L'Homme de Champs, ou Les Georgique Francoises
by Jaques Delille
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Strasbourg: Levrault, 1800 . First edition. Leather. Good. 9" by 5.5". Not Stated. A first French translation of the Georgics by Jacques Delille, with a frontispiece. A first edition of this French translation of Virgil's Georgics.Jacques Delille came to national prominence with this translation of the Georgics. The poem is based on the theme of agriculture with tension running throughout it. With a frontispiece. Collated, complete. In full calf binding. Externally, smart with light marks to the boards and splitting to the head and tail of the joints. Previous owner bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 860B15
- Title
- L'Homme de Champs, ou Les Georgique Francoises
- Author
- Jaques Delille
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Levrault
- Place of Publication
- Strasbourg
- Date Published
- 1800
- Size
- 9" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- L'Homme de Champs, ou Les Georgique Francoises the man of the fields or the French Georgics Jacques Delille the man of the fields or the French Georgics
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
Glossary
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...