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Paris, l'Auteur des Estampes, Veuve Hérissaut & Barrois l'ainé, 1786-93. With 2 engr. frontispieces, 3 engr. titles, 72 engr. plates and 70 vignettes engr. after Le Barbier by Bacquoy, Dambrun, Godefroy, a.o. XII pp., 1 leaf, 215 pp.; 182 pp.; 236 pp. Large 4to. Contemp. calf, gilt lettering on spine, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers (slightly rubbed). Paris, l'Auteur des Estampes, Veuve Hérissaut & Barrois l'ainé, 1786-93. One of the most beautiful 18th-century de luxe editions in France of Salomon Gessner's (1730-1788) complete works, with the charming illustrations by Barbier. Gessner's friend Michael Huber (1727-1804), Henri Meister, and Bruté de Loirelle were responsible for the translation. At the end of volume three are two letters by Gessner addressed to Barbier, concerning the illustrations and the translation. Barbier had dedicated this work to Madame de Genlis, and Gessner expressed his pleasure about this gesture. - Nice copy. - Leemann-van Elck, Gessner p. 691; Cohen/de Ricci 433; Lewine 209; Sander 786. LITERATURE: FRENCH ; HELVETICA: ALLGEMEIN ; LITERATUR: FREMDSPRACHIGE ;
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- Bookseller
- Hellmut Schumann Antiquariat (CH)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32947-1233
- Title
- Oeuvres. 3 vols.
- Author
- GESSNER, Salomon
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Paris, l'Auteur des Estampes, Veuve Hérissaut & Barrois l'ainé
- Date Published
- 1786-93
- Keywords
- LITERATURE: FRENCH ; HELVETICA: ALLGEMEIN ; LITERATUR: FREMDSPRACHIGE ;
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