PERSE, SELIS
Les satires de Perse
De l'imprimerie d'Auguste Delalain|à Paris 1817|10 x 16.50 cm|relié
New edition of Persius's Satires translated, commented and annotated by Nicolas Selis.
Contemporary full cardboard binding. Green paper spine with corners decorated with roulettes. Black paper boards. Red morocco title-label.
According to Brunet: "One of the best translations of Persius" (Brunet IV, 522). Nicolas-Joseph Sélis (1737-1802), man of letters and professor at the college Louis-le-Grand, replaced abbé Delille, to whom he was connected, in the chair of Latin poetry at the Collège de France in 1796. Each satire is presented then annotated. A long preface introduces the work, as well as a letter from Le Monnier, himself translator of the satires, who compares his work with that of Selis.
Contemporary full cardboard binding. Green paper spine with corners decorated with roulettes. Black paper boards. Red morocco title-label.
According to Brunet: "One of the best translations of Persius" (Brunet IV, 522). Nicolas-Joseph Sélis (1737-1802), man of letters and professor at the college Louis-le-Grand, replaced abbé Delille, to whom he was connected, in the chair of Latin poetry at the Collège de France in 1796. Each satire is presented then annotated. A long preface introduces the work, as well as a letter from Le Monnier, himself translator of the satires, who compares his work with that of Selis.
€180