Philostrate; Charles Blount - Vie d'Apollonius de Tyane par Philostrate - 1774

Charles Blount
Life of Apollonius of Tyana by Philostratus with the English commentary by Charles Blount on the first two books of this work

Berlin, at G.J. Decker, 1774,
in-8°, 4 volumes in-12°. I: [8]-XL-432-[4] pp., 1 plate; II: 462-[2] pp.; III: 484-[4] pp.; IV: 610 pp.; contemporary binding, back with 5 raised bands decorated in gold, double tassels for titles and volume numbers, boards with edge wear.
Internal pages generally in good condition, sporadic browning and foxing, red edges.

SECOND EDITION of the French translation, translated from English by Giovanni Francesco da Castiglione (1708-1791).
The work is enriched, at the frontispiece, with a portrait of Apollonius engraved by intaglio by J. W. Meil.