Catullo Tibullo Gallo - Traduction en prose de Catulle, Tibulle et Gallus - 1771

Translation in prose of Catullus, Tibullus, and Gallus. By the author of the Helvetian Evenings and the Paintings. First and second volumes. In Amsterdam and available in Paris: at Delalain's bookstore, on the street next to the Comédie Française, 1771. Pages (4), XV, (1), 327, (1); (2), 365, (3); size 21.5 x 14.5 cm. An elegant, neat set, with crumpled paper. Full leather binding with covers characterized by a triple fillet border; they show abrasions and repairs with signs of age. Woodcut border on the title pages. Woodcut headpieces and tailpieces. A fine set, well preserved: slight signs of use. Engraved illustration by De Longueil and drawn by Ch. Eisen. Commentary in French. Latin text with, facing it, the French version edited by the Marquis of Pezay (1741–1777), who also contributed to Diderot and d'Alembert's Encyclopedia.