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LES AMOURS PASTORALES DE DAPHNIS ET DE CHLOE. Double Traduction du Grec en François, de Mr. Amiot et d'un Anonime, mises en paralelle
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About This Item
Paris, Imprimées pour les curieux, 1757.. HAND COLOURED EDITION 1757. Small 4to, approximately 200 x 150 mm, 7¾ x 6 inches, title in red and black with engraved vignette, engraved frontispiece by Benoit Audran after A. Coypel, 29 further engraved plates (28 by Audran after Phillippe, Duc d'Orléans, 1 unsigned plate after the Comte de Caylus), (including the plate of Les petits pieds at page162), each within decorative border by S. Focke, all engravings (including initials and 16 head- and tailpieces) HAND COLOURED, 20 heightened with gilt, parallel text. Pages: viii, 1-269, [1], 19th century black morocco by Masson-Debonnelle (his name on first lower dentelle), gilt lettering and decoration to spine, covers with central gilt-blocked bird, quiver of arrows and torch motif, corners with rose device, triple fillet border, gilt decorated dentelles, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Spine professionally relaid, small brown stain to top inner margin of title page, most plates have pale foxing to margins in varying degrees, pale foxing to blank side of plates, occasional foxing to text, otherwise a very good copy of a hand coloured copy. The earlier translation is by Jacques Amyot (1513-1593). See Brunet Manuel du Librarire, Volume 3, page 1158; Bonham's Auction, Lot 41, 29th July, 2020, who sold a hand coloured edition, can be found on Google. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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- Bookseller
- Roger Middleton
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47754
- Title
- LES AMOURS PASTORALES DE DAPHNIS ET DE CHLOE. Double Traduction du Grec en François, de Mr. Amiot et d'un Anonime, mises en paralelle
- Author
- LONGUS.:
- Book Condition
- Used
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- Place of Publication
- Paris, Imprimées pour les curieux, 1757.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- french literature greek erotic novels love stories fine bindings hand coloured books
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Roger Middleton
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Roger Middleton
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About Roger Middleton
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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