Virgile / Abbé Desfontaines - Les œuvres de Virgile traduites en françois - 1743

First edition of the prose translation of Abbé Desfontaines which enjoyed great success throughout the 18th century.
Bilingual edition, with the Latin text facing the translation.

Complete in 4 volumes. Full granite calf from the period. Ribbed spine decorated with fine gilded irons. Mosaic title/volume parts.
Condition: restored caps, rubbing, title piece glued to volume 2. Solid volumes. Interiors generally fresh, rare foxing, some marginal watering in volume 2. Loose leaves 115-118 in volume 4. Reasonable condition.

Contains: The Pastorals - The Georgics - The Aeneid.

Virgil / Desfontaines (abbot)
The works of (.) translated into French
Paris, Chez Quillau, 1743
in-12 (17 x 10. 5 cm) ; lxvi-447pp. 2 F. +lv-368pp. + 448pp. +508pp. 3f.

Subject: EO of the translation of Abbot Desfontaines Works Virgil Eneide Georgiques