Histoire secrette de Neron, ov, Le festin de Trimalcion, traduit de Petrone, avec des notes historiques par M. Lavaur ...

1726
Not on view
Bound as one volume in red morocco, gold-tooled, with the arms of one of the members of the De La Tour d'Auvergne family gold-stamped on both covers; triple-rule frame borders with a small sun in each corner; spine gilt in compartments with a floral design in each compartment except for that which bears the title; all edges gilt; marbled endpapers; unsigned Parisian binding, ca. 1730

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  • Title: Histoire secrette de Neron, ov, Le festin de Trimalcion, traduit de Petrone, avec des notes historiques par M. Lavaur ...
  • Author: M. (Guillaume de) Lavaur (French, 1653–1730)
  • Author: Petronius Arbiter
  • Date: 1726
  • Geography: Paris, France
  • Dimensions: 2 volumes bound in 1 (2 pages, leaf, lxxij, 192 pages; 1 leaf, 193-447, 3 pages), Height: 6 5/16 in. (16 cm)
  • Credit Line: Gift of Jayne Wrightsman, 2009
  • Object Number: PA6558 .A5 1726

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