SCUDERY (Georges de)

Alaric or Rome defeated. Heroic poem dedicated to the Serene Reyne of Sweden

Paris, Augustin Courbé, 1655, in-12, [38]-380-[16] pp., with 12 figures, including two fronts (the 10 plates opposite the initials of each of the songs do not interrupt the pagination), red morocco, ornamented ribbed spine, triple gilt fillet on the plates, gilt edges, wide inner lace (Hardy). 

This edition of Alaric is the most sought-after, because of its typography and iconography : 

Copy of the historian Michel de Boislisle (1835-1908), the author of the best edition of Saint-Simon, with ex-libris
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SCUDERY (Georges de) Alaric or Rome defeated. Heroic poem dedicated to the Serene Reyne of Sweden Paris, Augustin Courbé, 1655, in-12, [38]-380-[16] pp., with 12 figures, including two fronts (the 10 plates opposite the initials of each of the songs do not interrupt the pagination), red morocco, ornamented ribbed spine, triple gilt fillet on the plates, gilt edges, wide inner lace (Hardy). This edition of Alaric is the most sought-after, because of its typography and iconography : Copy of the historian Michel de Boislisle (1835-1908), the author of the best edition of Saint-Simon, with ex-libris

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SCUDERY (Georges de) Alaric or Rome defeated. Heroic poem dedicated to the Serene Reyne of Sweden Paris, Augustin Courbé, 1655, in-12, [38]-380-[16] pp., with 12 figures, including two fronts (the 10 plates opposite the initials of each of the songs do not interrupt the pagination), red morocco, ornamented ribbed spine, triple gilt fillet on the plates, gilt edges, wide inner lace (Hardy). This edition of Alaric is the most sought-after, because of its typography and iconography : Copy of the historian Michel de Boislisle (1835-1908), the author of the best edition of Saint-Simon, with ex-libris
Sale Thursday 20 February・14:00 (Europe/Paris)
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