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AUSONE Ausonian Anthology. Translation into verse...

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AUSONE Ausonian Anthology. Translation into verse by J. HOVYN DE TRANCHÈRE. Bordeaux, Feret & fils, 1897. In-8 square: XLIII - 92pp. Red percaline with Bradel wedges, fawn title piece on spine. Enclosed: La Moselle d'AUSONE (translated by E.F. CORPET) followed by Mon Retour en Gaule. Paris, Enseigne du Pot Cassé, 1931. In-12 paperback, 163pp. Two versions, in verse and prose, of La Moselle, this famous poem by the 4th century Bordeaux poet in which the fishes of the river are described in detail.