MARMONTEL, Jean-François; LUCAIN (Marcus Annæus Lucanus, kno - Lot 243

MARMONTEL, Jean-François; LUCAIN (Marcus Annæus Lucanus, known as). *The Pharsalia*. First edition of Marmontel’s translation of one of the finest Latin epics. Paris, Merlin, 1766. 2 volumes in-8 (188 x 120 mm), full marbled brown calfskin, smooth spine decorated with horizontal gilt fillets, title and volume number labels in brown leather, small gilt ironwork with tassels, triple fillet framing on the covers, gilded fillet at the edges, blue pebbled edges. LXXIX, 304, and 415 pages; 1 frontispiece and 10 engravings. Caps damaged, edges rubbed, corners worn, foxing. First edition of Marmontel’s translation of *Pharsale*, illustrated with 10 engravings after Hubert-François Gravelot. Heraldic bookplate of the Count de Noir de Cambon. Included: *Les Caractères* by La Bruyère (Vol. 1: Paris, David, 1759; Vol. 2: Paris, Laurent Prault, 1782), Selected Fables by La Fontaine (Vols. 4 and 6: Paris, Durand, Deslauriers, 1773), Works of Molière (Vols. 1–5 and 7–8: Paris, Compagnie des Libraires, 1730), Suite des Voyages de Tavernier (Vol. 2: J.-B. Machuel, Paris, 1713), Voyage de des Marchais (Vol. 3: Paris, Saugrain, 1730), *General History of Travel* (Vol. 36). A fine, fairly fresh, and complete set of all his engravings.