LEMAIRE, Nicolas-Éloi (1767-1832), philologist and professor - Lot 294

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LEMAIRE, Nicolas-Éloi (1767-1832), philologist and professor - Lot 294
LEMAIRE, Nicolas-Éloi (1767-1832), philologist and professor of Latin poetry at the Faculty of Letters of Paris. Set of 10 L.A.S. 1813 to 1830 and s.d. About 8 pp. in-4 or in-8. Interesting correspondence concerning his courses and his works on Latin poets " 2nd book of the Aeneid, The Death of Priam ", the Aediles, the Pharsal of Lucan, etc. He evokes an account sent to the Duke of Richelieu, the Sorbonne, the examination for the agrégation, etc. Attached: -L.A.S. "Caillard". A very moving letter announcing the death of Lemaire's son: "The misfortune that Lemaire feared has just struck him. He is in great need of the consolations of friendship, and he would be infinitely sensitive to a visit from you [...] his son who ceased to live this morning at 8 o'clock ". S.l., "Friday, December 11 at 4 o'clock in the evening". 1 p. in-8. -3 L.A.S. from Lemaire's nephew, written in his name. "[...] my uncle, to whom you kindly offered your translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses, is in the country" (to Émile Agnel). Paris, 1829 and 1855. 3 pp. in-8.
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