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Lot n° 4

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Roland Furious, heroic poem. New translation by Mr. d'Ussieux. Paris, Brunet, 1775-1776. 4 vols. in-4, portrait, 92 plates, russeting, russeting qqs., calf porphyry of the ep., smooth decorated backs, gilt frame on plates, gilt edges, upper covers damaged with missing parts, edges a little blackened in vol. III. COHEN 97. Edition decorated with a portrait and 92 figures out of text, including 46 figures after Cochin, engraved by De Launay, Lingée and Ponce, and 46 figures from the Italian edition of Baskerville, two of which were redone by Moreau le Jeune.