LES IDYLLES DE BION et de MOSCHUS elegie sur la mort / ΒΙΩΝΟΣ ΣΜΥΡΝΑΙΟΥ ΕΙΔΥΛΛΙΑ / Traduites du Grec en Vers Francois avec des remarques, Lyon, Molin, 1697. In 12mo, p. [15],246,[14],155. Rare Lyon edition of the translation of the poet and playwright Hilaire Bernard de Roqueleyne, Baron de Longepierre. Longepierre is notably the author of a "Parallel of Corneille and Racine" in which he gives the superiority to the latter. Text in French and Greek. Half title and title page in red and black, engraved title vignette, headings, initials, vignettes throughout. Coloured edge pages. Full calf contemporary binding, with visible wear, along with insects marks; illustrated back with 5 raised bands, title in gilt. Scattered foxing and spotting, clean pages though and tight binding. Hoffmann, I, 425, states as translator the poet Baron de Longpierre. Rare.