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LUCRETIUS.
Lucretius, a new translation, with notes, by M. L* G*. [Monsieur Lagrange].
Paris. Published by Bleuet, Bookseller, 1768.
2 in-12 volumes, each 24 - 411 pp - (3) pp. - (1) f.; 522 pp. – ((3) pp. Illustrated with a title page, frontispiece and 6 separate engravings by Binet after Gravelot.
Contemporary marbled full calf, ribbed spine decorated with fleurons and small gilt ironwork, gilt title on a red morocco label, volume number on an olive-coloured label, marbled edges
New translation by Lagrange, revised by J. A. Naigeon. In-12 edition published in the same year as the in-8 edition with the same engravings. (See Cohen 664–665);
“This translation is excellent; the text has been corrected with the utmost care, and the translation is regarded as one of the finest we have in French: the style is easy and flowing. The notes which the translator has appended to each canto reveal a learned, judicious and tasteful critic.” [Weiss in “Biographie universelle”, vol. 23, p. 156.]
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