Lucan's Epic Poem

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LUCAIN (Marcus Annaeus Lucanus). La Pharsale de Lucain, translated by H. Marmontel. Merlin, Paris, 1766. 2 volumes in-8°, LXXIX, 304 & 415 pp., half-leather binding, marbled edges, wear on caps, corners rubbed or dulled, name of a previous owner on title pages. First edition of the 11 figures in text illustrated by Gravelot, engraved on steel by Duclos (2), de Ghendt (3), Le Mire (2), Née (1), Rousseau (1), and Simonet (2). First edition of this prose translation by Marmontel, preceded by a preface and accompanied by abridged arguments at the beginning of each book.