La Chute de Rufin Poëme En Deux Chants Traduit du Latin de Claudien Avec des Notes historiques, geographiques, mythologiques, et grammaticales. Par Le Marquis de Sy [Full Leather Binding – FIRST Edition – Inscribed ‘From the Author’ (de Sy)]

Le Marquis de Sy Claudien

Published by MM Dulac et Co., Londres, 1811

About this Item

Londres: MM Dulac et Co., 1811, First Edition.

Full morocco leather binding with faded gilt titles to the marked and scratched spine, gilt filet to the boards, all page edges gilt, marbled end papers, inner gilt dentelles, bookplate, inscribed by the Marquis de Sy to the top of the title page. Pages to 66 numbered the same on recto (French text) and verso (Latin text). See images.

Pagination: (2), xviii, 66 in French and Latin, 68-124pp.

Provenance: bookplate for Stoneleigh Abbey to the front, stamp for W.H. Leigh Harrow, to the end paper, and inscribed ?From the Author to JGD or JSD to the top of the title page.

Approximately 7 ½ inches (19cm) tall.



Condition Report

Externally

Spine ? fair condition ? structurally sound, gilt titles, five blind bands, rubbed, worn, marked and scratched.
Joints ? good condition ? rubbed and worn.
Corners ? good condition ? rubbed and worn.
Boards ? good condition ? minor marks and scratches, gilt lines.
Page edges ? good condition ? all edges gilt.
Binding ? good condition ? attractive.
See above and photos.

Internally

Hinges ? good condition ? secure.
Paste downs ? good condition ? marbled paper, bookplate.
End papers ? good condition ? marbled paper, stamped.
Title ? good condition ? tanned, inscribed.
Pages ? good condition ? tanned throughout.
See photos.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1756136188790

Bibliographic Details

• Title: La Chute de Rufin Poëme En Deux Chants Traduit du Latin de Claudien Avec des Notes historiques, geographiques, mythologiques, et grammaticales. Par Le Marquis de Sy [Full Leather Binding ? FIRST Edition ? Inscribed ?From the Author? (de Sy)]
• Publisher: MM Dulac et Co., Londres
• Publication Date: 1811
• Language: French
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)