Lives of Great Captains of Antiquity by Cornelius Nepos. Avignon, J.J. Niel, 1787

Rare Avignon publication from Louis XVI's era, smooth leather spine adorned with gilded clasps, yellow ochre marbled title, red inner edges: handwritten liceum label: Prix d'Emulation to Auguste Barghon Pog de Mariol (Allier). Splendid fresh copy: 'Lives of the Great Captains of Antiquity', by Cornélius Népos. New translation, with notes by Mr. Abbé Paul, member of the Academy of Fine Arts, Sciences and Letters of Marseille. Published in Avignon by J.J. Niel, bookseller, rue de la Balance, 1787. Honorable translation of this famous ancient text, easy to read, in good condition, fresh copy.