Lot no. 305
MARC AURÈLE. Réflexions morales de l'empereur Marc Antonin, translated by Dacier. Paris, Didot jeune pour Saugrain, 1800. Large in-4, long-grained red half-maroquin with corners, smooth threaded spine, untrimmed (Period binding). Luxurious typographical edition of the Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius in the French translation by André and Anne Dacier, accompanied by their biography of the philosopher emperor.
It is decorated with two very fine out-of-text figures by Moreau le Jeune engraved on copper by Simonet and Dambrun.
A fine copy on wove paper with wide margins. Binding a little rubbed.
Cohen, 84.
See original version (French) Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
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