"Rare Beautiful Set Of 12 Volumes "j. Delille" 1st Empire Red Moroccan Spine Binding Long Gains"
Rare beautiful set of 12 Volumes in 12 n half, red morocco binding, smooth spines decorated with fine gilded irons with palmette motifs in diamonds surrounded by elegant foliage, golden titles and volume numbers worthy of this 1st Empire binding, boards decorated with friezes in reinforced corner frames; hence the most beautiful, magnificently Illustrated Complete Edition, of "Jacques Delille", printed in Paris by Giguet et Michaud, Imp. Booksellers, rue des Bons Enfants, No. 6. Year XIII. - 1805. This complete series contains: "Paradise Lost" 3 Vol. , the Gardens 1 Vol. Fugitive Poems and Dithyrambs 1 Vol. The Man of the Fields 1 Vol. The Georgics 1 Vol. The Three Reins of Nature 2 Vol. Mercy 1 Vol. The Imagination 2 Volumes. This beautiful, abundantly illustrated work, protected with its delicate cherries, is rare and by far the most beautiful by Jacques Delille, an Author to be rediscovered in good and beautiful conditions... In addition, a decorative copy. In very good new condition.