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Lot 1151

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Tacite: avec des notes politiques et historiques par Amelot de la Houssaie [4th ed.] [- par L.C.D.G.].

TACITUS, Publius Cornelius

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Amsterdam; The Hague, M.C. le Cene (I-IV); H. Scheurleer (V-X), 1731-1735

10 vols, 12mo: over 3500 pp. (age-toned, occ. soiling).

Cont. vellum (2 spines def.), flat spines. Good set.

Important French trsl. of Tacitus, famous for its veiled criticism of the politics of the Ancien Régime (Louis XIV) by the French historian Amelot de la Houssaye (1634-1706) for vol. I-IV, and by the journalist Fr. Bruys (1708-1738) for vol. V-X. At the end of vol. X a stocklist of Scheurleer (7 pp.). ref. BnF. - STCN (i.a. BL). Prov. Mod. bookpl. Paul van de Woestijne "Gandavensis".

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Tacite: avec des notes politiques et historiques par Amelot de la Houssaie [4th ed.] [- par L.C.D.G.].

Lot 1151

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