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Jeschke Jádi Auctions Berlin

793 - L'Illiade, New Translation. 3 vols.
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Estimate €300 - €400
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Description
L'Illiade, New Translation. 3 vols. Each with an engraved frontispiece and 25 copperplate engravings. Paris: Barbou, Moutard, Ruault, 1776. 8°. Leather with round shields, fillets and gilt edges (worn and scuffed). French edition of Homer’s epic from the 8th or 7th century BC, illustrated with copperplate engravings based on illustrations by Clément-Pierre Marillier. – Book block partially detached. Water-stained. Overall, well-preserved copies with fine copperplate engravings. The first book of the Roman historian Titus Livius’s extensive history of Rome. In Latin. – Frontispiece by the Leipzig engraver Johann Christoph Sysang. – Some areas with heavy foxing. Overall in good condition. This lot is subject to standard tax. A 24.95% buyer’s premium is payable on the hammer price, and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offset Prints, Photographs) is payable on the final invoice amount within the European Union. This work is subject to the standard margin scheme. A 24.95% buyer’s premium applies to the hammer price, and 7% (books and art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, screen prints, offset prints and photographs) applies to the final invoice amount within the European Union.
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About the sale Valuable books, prints, historical photographs
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Auction time 10/24/2026 at 10:00 AM
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