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Wednesday 18 November 2020, 10:30 AM • Rome

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Anacreonte,

Sapho, bion et moschus, traduction nouvelle en profe, suivie de la veilée des fetes de venus, 1780

Estimate

€ 100 - 200

Sold

€ 102

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Information

Paris, J. Br. Bastien, 1780. In the 8th. Frontispiece in red and black, with 2 full-page plates including the front door, numerous intaglio vignettes in the text, sporadic blooms, coeval binding in red Moroccan half, smooth spine green leather insert with title and completely decorated with gold-embossed crosslinks , golden cuts, slight lacks. § Rene Louiche Desfontaines. Les bains de Diane ou Le triomphe de amaour. Poëme , Paris, J. P. Costard, 1770. In 8 °. Title within a figured architectural frame, with 3 tables finely engraved in copper at the beginning of each canto, scattered blooms, coeval binding in brown calfskin, smooth back with red leather insert with title and pomegranate irons on the compartments all stamped in gold, red cuts, some scratches and peeling.


Specialist Notes

I work: & nbsp; & nbsp; “One of the most elegantly illustrated books of the eighteenth century” (Cohen 79). & Nbsp;