Les Poesies d'Anacreon et de Sapho
Amsterdam: Veuve de Paul Marret, 1716. Very Good. Item #50496
Amsterdam: Chez la Veuve de Paul Marret, Libraire, à la Renommée, 1716. "Nouvelle Edition, augmentée de Notes Latines..." Octavo; contemporary carta rustica boards; manuscript title paper shelf label to spine; [30],300,[4],xxiv,104,[2]pp., collated complete; engraved frontispiece, two portrait plates of Anacreon and Sappho, engraved title page vignette, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces.
Rubbing to boards with brief scrape along spine; binding sound; toning to pages; overall a Very Good copy.
Lovely edition of the works of Anacreon and Sappho translated by Anne Dacier (c. 1651-1720), the prolific scholar and translator of classical works including Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. This edition was printed by the widow of Paul Marret and adorned with a right jolly and pastoral frontispiece depicting Bacchus and his coterie frolicking to the music played by a band of putti.
Price: $450.00