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116 - GACON, François. The Odes of Anacreon and Sappho in French v…
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GACON, François. The Odes of Anacreon and Sappho in French verse. Rotterdam, Fritsch and Böhm, 1712. in-12 (14 x 9 cm), havana calfskin, ribbed spine decorated with panels. 354 pp., frontispiece. Slight scuffing; pages trimmed short at the margins. A fine, well-preserved edition adorned with a very beautiful allegorical frontispiece, engraved in intaglio by Bernards after B. Picart. The work is preceded by a very long preface, followed by the Odes presented in their Greek text and French translation, accompanied by a commentary by the ‘Poëte sans Fard’. Born in Lyon, François Gacon (1667–1725), known as ‘the Unvarnished Poet’, is renowned for his satires directed at Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, Houdar de La Motte, Boileau, Bossuet and the young Voltaire. A fine copy.
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Auction time 11/02/2026 at 2:00 PM
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