THE EXILES OF THE COURT OF AUGUSTUS CAESAR, being the History of the various Amours of the Celebrated OVID, Horace, Virgil, Lentulus, Cornelius Gallus, Hortinsius and many other Famous Poets and Heroes of that Age.
by VILLEDIEU, Madame de or Marie Catherine Hortense Desjardins.:
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London, D. Browne, S. Chapman, 1726.. THREE PARTS, all published (the libraries listed in Library Hub Discover and ESTC only list 3 parts), translated from the French of Mademoiselle Villedieu, 1726. 8vo, approximately 195 x 125 mm, 8 x 5 inches, pages: [4], 1-235, [1], bound in full old sheep, no lettering or label, gilt rules to edges of covers, headpiece to each chapter and tailpiece to first chapter. Binding rubbed and scuffed, slight scrape to lower cover, shelf wear to edges and corners, pale age-browning to pastedowns and endpapers, neat old ink name of previous owner to first pastedown, top margin of title page and 3 other margins, otherwise a very good copy. ESTC T154014. 3 copies listed in the UK libraries and 6 in USA. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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- THE EXILES OF THE COURT OF AUGUSTUS CAESAR, being the History of the various Amours of the Celebrated OVID, Horace, Virgil, Lentulus, Cornelius Gallus, Hortinsius and many other Famous Poets and Heroes of that Age.
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- VILLEDIEU, Madame de or Marie Catherine Hortense Desjardins.:
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- London, D. Browne, S. Chapman, 1726.
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- Roman history ovid virgil roman poets augustus caesar roman literature french women authors
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