VIRGILE & POLLET (B.).

VIRGILE & POLLET (B.). The Bucolics. Paris, Palais-Royal Booksellers, 1832. Large 8vo, cherry-glazed calfskin, richly decorated ribbed spine, gilt fillet framing the covers, large blind-stamped design on the covers, gilt roulette on the edges and inside, gilt edges (contemporary binding known as “cathedral-style”). A bilingual edition published in a run of 200 copies, featuring Bertholon de Pollet’s French translation alongside the Latin text. Dedicated by Pollet to the Marquise de C

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Books & manuscripts

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Paris