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[BELLEAU (Rémy)]. The Odes of Anacreon, Teien (.
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[BELLEAU (Rémy)]. The Odes of Anacreon, Teien (.
See original version (French)
Estimate €120 - €180
Voluntary lot
Description
[BELLEAU (Rémy)]. The Odes of Anacreon, Teien (...). Together with a few short hymns of his own composition. Paris, La Connaissance, 1928. An 8vo volume, full morocco, decorated ribbed spine, wide gilt lace edging the covers, endpapers lined with green cloth, cover and spine preserved, gilt head, slipcase (binding by Albert Guétant).
Odes of Anacreon translated from the Greek into French by Rémy Belleau (1527 or 1528–1577). Woodcut portrait of the translator by Pierre Gandon as frontispiece.
Printed in an edition of 305 copies; this one is one of 25 copies on imperial Japanese paper (no. 8 printed for Mathieu Varille). Wood-engraved ex-libris ‘Jean Varille’.
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About the sale
Antique and modern books: catalogued sale
Auction location
Auction time
11/14/2026 at 10:30 AM
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