L'HOSPITAL, Michel de - Lot 76

Lot n° 76
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L'HOSPITAL, Michel de - Lot 76
L'HOSPITAL, Michel de Essai de traduction de quelques épitres et autres poésies latines de Michel de l'Hospital, avec éclaircissements sur sa vie. Paris, Chez Moutard, 1778. 2 volumes in-8 (204 x 125 mm) of [3] ff, xciii, [3], 235 pp., [1] p. ; [1] f., cxxvi, 307 pp., [1] p. red morocco, triple gilt fillet on the boards with gilt arms in the center, spine with ornamented nerves, olive title and gilt stamps, gilt edges (contemporary binding). THIS EDITION CONTAINS NUMEROUS LETTERS OF GREAT INTEREST FROM MICHEL L'HOSPITAL. The second volume has a proper title : "Recherches littéraires historiques et morales sur le seizième siècle". Decorated with a copper-engraved portrait of the author on the frontispiece of volume 1. A copy with significant differences in the gilding of the bindings, the second volume having a title page while the first one does not (which corresponds to the mentions on the title pages). A precious copy bound in contemporary red morocco with the arms of Henriette-Anne-Eugénie de BÉTHIZY DE MÉZIÈRES. She married on December 20, 1729 Claude-Lamoral-Hyacinthe-Ferdinand, prince de Ligne, marquis de Moy et de Dormans, and was appointed lady of the Palace of the Queen of Spain until July 1740. She died in Paris, at the Tuileries Palace on January 4, 1787. Ex-libris Laurentii Aurrie. Faint foxing on some leaves. Some stains to the binding.
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