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First French Edition. 1 of 36 numbered copies.O'CONNOR, FLANNERY. La Sagesse Dans Le Sang. (Wise Blood). Translated into French by M.E. Coindreau. 8vo. Original printed wrappers, in glassine sleeve. Gallimard (Paris 1959). First French Edition.1 of 36 numbered exemplaire copies on vélin pur fil Lafuma-Navarre. This is copy #25. Flannery O'Connor was heavily influenced by several contemporary French writers, the most important being Simone Weil. It is an interesting study to examine the French translation of such a heavily influenced American novel. Uncut. Unopened. Tear to edge of glassine, o/w clean and bright.
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La Sagesse Dans Le Sang.: (Wise Blood).
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Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Large 8vo. Original boards, in dust wrapper. London 1966. One of only 25 numbered copies, signed by Olson. Fine.
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Les Metamorphoses d’Ovide, en Latin et en Francois.
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One of the finest works of illustration ever published, marking the transition from Rococo to the Neo-Classical Era of European art.Illustrated with 139 full-page plates by Boucher, Eisen, Gravelot, Monnet, Moreau, and others. Plus engraved title, 3 pages of dedications, 4 fleurons on title pages, 30 engraved vignettes and 1 full-page cul-de-lampe by Choffard and Monnet closing Volume 4. Engraved by Le Mire and Basan. Large 4to. Full 18th century French marbled calf; spine with 5 raised bands; red and green morocco labels; gilt spines, gilt borders and edges; original hand-marbled endpapers. A Paris, Chez Leclerc. 1767 to 1771. 4 volumes. Ovid's Metamorphoses are of course, are some of the most famous stories to survive from antiquity; they tell, essentially, a history of the world in dactylic hexameter, the meter of the epics. Ovid's stories are as foundational to Western literature as any other book written; they include the story of Io and Jupiter, the stories of Cadmus, Pyramus and Thisbe (of…
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The Scribleriad: An Heroic Poem.
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PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHORRichard Owen Cambridge. The Scribleriad: an Heroic Poem. In Six Books. Illustrated with 7 full page engravings by Louis Philippe Boitard. 4to. 18th century marbled boards, rebacked. London: Printed for R. Dodsley . . . and Sold by M. Cooper 1751. First Edition. Presentation copy inscribed by Cambridge on the title page, "The Gift of the Author, Richard Owen Cambridge Esq. of Twichenham." Each book has a separate title page and engraved frontispiece. Bound With: Poems by Charles Jenner, A.M. Cambridge: Printed by J. Bentham; for T. & J. Merrill; and sold by Mr. Dodsley, . . . 1766.The Scribleriad is a mock-heroic satire on science and discovery, a continuation of Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus, by John Arbuthnot, Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift, an imitation of The Dunciad and a parody of Pope's Homer. Cambridge profusely expounds his satiric epic with notes from the classics and modern science. Both airplane and submarine are described by quotations from the…
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