Le Paradis Perdu de Milton, Pome Héroòque, Traduit de l'Anglois, avec les Remarques de M. Addisson.
Paris: [no publisher], 1777.
Price:
$400.00
First Swiss edition. Engraved frontispiece portrait to first volume, by N. De Launay. [4], xx, 237; [4], 297; [4], 328 pp. 3 vols. 12mo. Contemporary speckled calf, gilt spines with black morocco labels (one missing), marbled endpapers, a.e.g. Bindings a bit rubbed at extremities, but solid and attractive; internally, a little light foxing to preliminaries, otherwise a lovely set. OCLC 40713119 (2 locations).
Item #56853
Contains prose translations of PARADISE LOST ("Le paradis perdu"), by N. F. Dupré de Saint Maur, as revised by C. J. Chéron de Boismorand; PARADISE REGAINED ("Le paradis reconquis") and "Oeuvres diverses" (including "Lycidas", "l'Allegro", "le Penseroso", "Cantique sur la fête de Nol") translated by Pierre de Mareuil. The "Six lettres critques" are apparently by Bernard Routh
Nicolas François Dupré de Saint-Maur's translation was the first of Paradise Lost into French, and remained the standard throughout the 18th century. This appears to be the first Geneva printing of Milton's great epic.
Item #56853
Contains prose translations of PARADISE LOST ("Le paradis perdu"), by N. F. Dupré de Saint Maur, as revised by C. J. Chéron de Boismorand; PARADISE REGAINED ("Le paradis reconquis") and "Oeuvres diverses" (including "Lycidas", "l'Allegro", "le Penseroso", "Cantique sur la fête de Nol") translated by Pierre de Mareuil. The "Six lettres critques" are apparently by Bernard Routh
Nicolas François Dupré de Saint-Maur's translation was the first of Paradise Lost into French, and remained the standard throughout the 18th century. This appears to be the first Geneva printing of Milton's great epic.
