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PARNY, Evariste - The War of the Ancient and Modern Gods.
See original version (French)
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PARNY, Evariste - The War of the Ancient and Modern Gods.
See original version (French)
Estimate €100
Voluntary lot
Description
PARNY, Evariste - The War of the Ancient and Modern Gods. Poem in ten songs. Paris, P. Didot, Firmin Didot, Desenne, An VII (1799). In-12, (2) ff, 202 pp, green half-marble with corners, smooth spine decorated with gilt thread (GAUDREAU).
GAY II, 440. First edition. The poem ridicules Christianity, imagining a confrontation between its founders and the gods of Olympus. Most subsequent editions were expurgated.
See original version (French)
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