Grece antique

1794 · AQ25721 — A Londres i.e. London: Chez C. Dilly 1794. 336pp. Contemporary gilt-ruled sheep. Rubbed joints starting corners exposed. Later armorial bookplate with initials 'S. B.' to FEP. The first London edition in French of a history of Ancient Greece intended for the use of Students of the Royal Military School in Paris. The 'abrégé de la fable' is a translation from poet and philologist Joseph de Jouvency's 1643-1719 Appendix de Diis et heroibus poeticis 1704 - itself a translation of the first two books of Pierre Gautruche's Histoire poétique pour l'intelligence des poètes et des auteurs anciens. Dilly issued a second edition in 1799. ESTC records copies at two locations BL and Illinois. ESTC T223072. First London edition. 12mo. Chez C. Dilly unknown