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PLUTARCH, DIOGENE LAERCE, ELIEN, ATHENEE, et d'autres - Les …
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541
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PLUTARCH, DIOGENE LAERCE, ELIEN, ATHENEE, et d'autres - Les …
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Estimate €150
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PLUTARCH, DIOGENE LAERCE, ELIEN, ATHENEE, et d'autres - Les Apophtegmes, ou Bons mots des anciens, tirez de Plutarque, de Diogène Laerce, d'Elien, d'Athénée, de Stobée, de Macrobe, et de quelques autres de la traduction de Nicolas Perrot, Sieur d'Ablancourt. Avec un Traitè des stratagèmes, et de la bataille des Romains, par Frontin . Paris, Florentin and Pierre Delaulne, 1694. In-12, front cover, (10) ff, 473 (31) pp, red morocco, gilt framed in Du Seuil style, monogram AGG in the centre, spine ribbed and decorated, int. dent, gilt edges (CHATELAIN).
Epîire au roi de Perrot d'Ablancourt. Perrot d'Ablancourt, famous for his "beaux infidèles", applies his elegant and free style to extracts from Plutarch, Diogenes Laërce, Elienus, Athenaeus, Stobaeus and Macrobius, offering a gallery of brief, incisive and exemplary thoughts, where Stoic virtues, cynical wit and political maxims coexist in a refined French language. This philosophical anthology is complemented by a translation of the Stratagèmes de Frontinus, a military treatise attributed to Sextus Julius Frontinus, a first-century Roman general and engineer. This treatise lists over five hundred ruses of war used by the Greeks and Romans, illustrating the art of strategic deception, feinting and surprise in command. This edition, prized by bibliophiles, is distinguished by its balance between concise morality and military genius, and reflects the translator's ideal as a mediator between the ancient and modern worlds.
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