Description

12mo., Contemporary full leather, red edges, marbled endpapers. 17x10x6 cm. Lejay. Paris. 1769. lxxxvi, 346, 396 pp. Translated from English by M. Le Tourneur. 2 frontispieces by Marillier. Good condition volumes with old library stamps to title pages, moderate shelfwear, and marginal dampstaining to lower pages on volume one. Otherwise a good clean tight copy. French text. This French language translation of “Young’s Nights” – also known as “The Complaint: or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality”. While this item is quite old, it is also readily available and collectors generally prefer first editions. This means it’s also a very affordable holiday gift for enthusiasts of French language poetry or collectors of works in translation, Young’s most famous work. weight: 1.4 lb.