Property from the Estate of
ALAN L. WEINER
LONGUS. Les Amours Pastorales de Daphins et de Chloé. Double traduction du Grec en Francois de M. Amiot et d'un Anonime [A.L. Camus] mises en parallele. Paris: Imprimé pour les Curieux, 1757. Illustrated with a double set of engraved titles, 29 engraved plates by Audran, after Philippe d'Orléans, one set surrounded by ornamental borders and hand colored, the other without borders, as originally issued, including the "Petits pieds." 4to, morocco-backed marbled calf gilt, g.e., by J. DAHMEN of Amsterdam, upper cover detached, lower cover starting; slipcase. Cohen de Ricci 653; Brunet III:1158; Hoe sale III:2016 ("very rare in this state").
Details
LONGUS. Les Amours Pastorales de Daphins et de Chloé. Double traduction du Grec en Francois de M. Amiot et d'un Anonime [A.L. Camus] mises en parallele. Paris: Imprimé pour les Curieux, 1757. Illustrated with a double set of engraved titles, 29 engraved plates by Audran, after Philippe d'Orléans, one set surrounded by ornamental borders and hand colored, the other without borders, as originally issued, including the "Petits pieds." 4to, morocco-backed marbled calf gilt, g.e., by J. DAHMEN of Amsterdam, upper cover detached, lower cover starting; slipcase. Cohen de Ricci 653; Brunet III:1158; Hoe sale III:2016 ("very rare in this state").
Provenance
Robert Hoe, bookplate (sale III, lot 2016); Cortland Bischop, bookplate; Blatner, bookplate.