Lot n° 41
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PLINO THE ANCIENT, Caius Plinius Secundus (23-79) Histoire d - Lot 41
PLINO THE ANCIENT, Caius Plinius Secundus (23-79) Histoire de la peinture ancienne, extraite de l'Hist. Naturelle de Pline. Liv. XXXV. Avec le Texte Latin, corrigé sur les Mss. de Vossius & sur la I. London, Guillaume Bowyer, 1725. In-folio (approx. 360 x 245 mm), contemporary marbled calf, spine and boards decorated. Title, xii pp. epistle to the king, [3] ff. preface and list of subscribers, 308 pp., [4] ff. table, index and errata. One allegorical frontispiece drawn and engraved by B. Picart, one engraved lettering and one out-of-text figure engraved by G. van der Gucht after L. Chéron. Gilt super-libris with the numeral SX and crown of George Capell-Coningsby, Earl of Essex, Lord-Lieutenant of Herefordshire, English magistrate and politician (1757-1839). Essex was known as a great patron of the arts, and built up an important collection of paintings at Cassiobury. First board partly faded, spotting to boards and spine, worn headpieces. Clean inside. Durand's French translation of Pliny the Elder's treatise on ancient painting, taken from Book XXXV of his Natural History, followed by the original Latin text with copious notes. Original edition. Cohen, de Ricci, 808-809.
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