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Wednesday 18 November 2020, 10:30 AM • Rome

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Erotica - Hancarville, Pierre François Hughes d'

Monumens de la vie privée des douze Cesars. Monumens du culte secret des dames romaines., 1780

Estimate

€ 900 - 1.000

Sold

€ 1.280

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Information

Caprées: chez Sabellus [i. is. Nancy: Leclerc], 1780-84. In 4th. 2 vols. Two engraved front doors, with 100 numbered plates of engravings (50 for each volume), marbled guard papers, small restoration on the upper margin of pages 59-63 of the 1st volume, on the 2nd small tear with a gap in the outer corner of Q1, slight blooms, calfskin binding, plates framed by a triple-threaded gold frame, title imprinted in gold within a 5-pin spine with friezes on the compartments, red cuts, some slight scratches, flaws on the hinge.
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Specialist Notes

First edition in second issue, of one of the most famous erotic books of the late 18th century. Vinet 1633; Cohen 475. & nbsp;