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L'Homme des Champs, ou les Georgiques françoises

De Lille, Jacques

Strasbourg. L'Imprimerie de Levrault. 1802
De Lille's translation of the Georgics.
pp. 282. 4to. 4 hors texte engraved plates by C. Guerin, each with guardleaf with caption. Half morocco-backed cloth. Some foxing throughout. Corners bumped, spine worn, front inner hinge cracked.
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