Le Temple de Gnide: Also "Céphise et lAmour" and "Arsace et Isménie: Histoire Orientale"
by Eisen, Charles-Dominique-Joseph (1720-1778) and Charles-Louis de Secondat Montesquieu. Noël Le Mire; N Thomas; Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier
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- very good
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Chez Bozérian. Chez Déterville. Didot Jeune, 1794. Full Calf. Very Good. Stunning color plates accompanying three works contained in this large paper edition. Folio, 33 by 25.5 cm. 153 pp. 12 color plates, including frontis, printed in color and finished by hand. Ten of these by Le Mire after Charles Eisen -- these relate to the principal work, "Le Temple de Gnide" and also "Céphise et lAmour". The two other plates are by Thomas after Le Barbier and these accompany "Arsace et Isménie". Scarce -- we could locate no other copies of the large paper edition, and only three of the regular issue, on OCLC First Search -- at the BNF, North Carolina, and Calouste Gulbenkan, in Portugal. The calf is polished, with gilt decoration of a band of Greek key and a rinceaux band within that one. On the spine the decoration includes a small hunt trophy motive and a bouquet in a basket, both of which are repeated. Condition: binding with some scuffs and scratching, and gilt border decoration slightly rubbed.
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- Bookseller
- White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006226
- Title
- Le Temple de Gnide
- Author
- Eisen, Charles-Dominique-Joseph (1720-1778) and Charles-Louis de Secondat Montesquieu. Noël Le Mire; N Thomas; Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier
- Format/Binding
- Full Calf
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Chez Bozérian. Chez Déterville. Didot Jeune
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1794
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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