[MAROLLES (Abbé de)]. Les sylves et l'Achilléide de Stace. Paris, Sébastien Huré and Frédéric Léonard, 1658. In-8, first edition of this translation, illustrated with a frontispiece engraved by Chauveau. Bound in full contemporary glazed blond calf, boards decorated with hermines in the spandrels and center, 5-ribbed spine, the caissons monogrammed. Ex-libris Josy Mazodier and ex-libris Charles Lormier "Vita sine litteris mors est". A handwritten note by Josy Mazodier suggests that the figure and arms belong to Louis de Bretagne or Pierre Biré, a bibliophile from Nantes. (some foxing, restoration to upper head and top of spine). Expert : Mr. Nicolas Asvisio