1714 Traduction des Satyres de Perse et de Juvenal

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Leather Binding

In Latin and French, with the French translation to the facing page of Latin. A new edition of this work. A translation of the satires of Juvenal and Persius, translated into French. Illustrated with a frontispiece, with a printer's device to the title page. Translated by Reverend Pere Tarteron. Juvenal was a Roman poet, who was active during the late first and early second century A.D., and is best known for his collection of satirical poems, 'Satires'. Persius was a Roman poet and satirist, of a Etruscan origin. His satires show a stoic wisdom, and his work was very popular during the Middle Ages. Bookplate to the verso to the front endpaper.