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THEOCRITE / [LONGEPIERRE (Hilaire-Bernard, baron of)]
The Idylls of Theocritus, translated from Greek into French verse. With remarks.

Paris, Pierre Aubouin, Pierre Emery and Charles Clouzier, 1688, 18 x 10 cm, full calfskin binding, blunt corners, missing caps, speckled edges, 51 & 468 pp., well preserved interior
First edition of the French translation in verse by Longepierre, accompanied by the Greek text opposite. Tutor to the children of the Count of Toulouse and the Duke of Chartres, Baron de Longepierre

THEOCRITE / [LONGEPIERRE (Hilaire-Bernard, baron of)] The Idylls of Theocritus, translated from Greek into French verse. With remarks. Paris, Pierre Aubouin, Pierre Emery and Charles Clouzier, 1688, 18 x 10 cm, full calfskin binding, blunt corners, missing caps, speckled edges, 51 & 468 pp., well preserved interior First edition of the French translation in verse by Longepierre, accompanied by the Greek text opposite. Tutor to the children of the Count of Toulouse and the Duke of Chartres, Baron de Longepierre