Lot n° 610
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SCUDERY (Georges de) - Lot 610
SCUDERY (Georges de)
Alaric, ou Rome Vaincue. Poëme Héroïque dédié à la Sérenissime Reyne de Suède. The Hague, van Ellinckhuysen, 1685.
In-12: 17f, 340pp, 5f; illustrated with a frontispiece by Schoonebeck (a pupil of de Hooghe), a portrait of Christine of Sweden and 10 plates out of text.
Basane fauve pastiche, ornate ribbed spine, brown title-piece, double gilt fillet framing the boards, gilt roulette on the edges and inside, gilt edges. A good copy.
The finest edition of this epic poem.
The author embarked on a military career, then left the army for letters to become a playwright and novelist.
Provenance: Printed bookplate A4514 of Aspit de Saint Amand.
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