Delille jacques translator (4 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Very Good. Uniform matching first edition hard back binding in original quarter leather, green marble covers, gilt and red title and author lettering labels to the spines. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains [lxii] 270; 283 (+ errata) printed pages of text with illustrated monochrome frontispiece to each volume. Just a little bleeding from the leather corners to the end papers, text block clean and bright, spines slightly sun faded and in Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. FRANCE [Literature & History).…

Delille's French translation of Georgiana Cavendish's best-known poem, The Passage of the Mountain St Gothard (1799) appeared twice in 1802: here, and in a separate edition with plates (also published by Prosper in London). It is unclear which appeared first. The poem was written during Georgiana's exile, and the translation is preceded with reciprocal poems of dedication between author and translator. 8vo (205 × 120 mm), pp. 115, [1], plus engraved frontispiece. [Bound with:] DELILLE, Jacques. La Pitié, poëme. Avec quatre figures. Paris: Giguet et Michaud, 1803, pp. 206, plus 4 engraved plates. Contemporary tree calf, gilt panelled spine, red and green morocco labels. An attractive copy.…

Zustand: Good. Large 4to. 24.5 x 32.5cm. 2 vols. , 174, 154pp. Sheets loose as issued in original chemise, boards and slipcase. One of 750 numbered copies.Text in Latin and French, 122 woodcuts by by Maillol, 61 in each volume. Publisher's pictorial chemises and slipcases, printed with woodcuts. Rubbed and slightly soiled to slipcases and chemises, some light foxing.Maillol began work on this large project with Count Kessler of the Cranach Press in 1908 but failed to complete the woodcuts until just before he died in 1944. It was published posthumously by Gonin who frequently collaborated with Maillol.References: Luc Monod, no. 11339; The Artist and the Book , no. 175;OCLC Number / Unique Identifier: 16395270. …

Zustand: Very Good. First Edition Thus. Octavo, 166 pages, quarter calf, sprinkled paper boards Note: the date on the title-page is "1082", not "1802". This is a bi-lingual text of this notable poem penned by the more notable Duchess as she traversed, with Bess, her daughter, the Saint Gothard Pass during a return trip to England in 1793. The allegorical copperplate frontispiece by Boizot was etched by Anselin. This text features a lengthy introduction by the Editors, and very lengthy notes to the verses in both English and French. Delille had sojourned during the French Revolution in England under the patronage of the Duchess of Devonshire. First edition. The Dithyrambe is one of the most celebrated pieces of verses by Delille. He composed it on the occasion of a fete organized by Robespierre and by his command in honor of L'Etre Supreme. Etched frontispiece by Frontispiece by Moncieau, etched by Pierre-Philppe Choffard. t.…