OVID.Les Métamorphoses... en Latin et en François, de la traduction de M.l'Abbé Banier. Paris: Hochereau (vols. 3-4: Prault) 1767-1771. 4 vols., 4to, 250 x 197 mm. (10 1/16 x 7 11/16 in.), contemporary dark blue morocco, covers gilt-panelled with squirrel and flowering plant tool at angles, spines gilt with floral tools, double red morocco lettering pieces, board edges gilt-ruled, turn-ins gilt, g.e., a trace of very light scuffing to joints, two or three very minor short marginal tears, occasional discoloration or very light spotting. "THE SUPREME ANTHOLOGY OF FRENCH ROCOCO BOOK ILLUSTRATION" (Ray). Four titles printed in red and black, engraved title vignettes, additional engraved title in vol. 1, 2-leaf engraved dedication, 26 engraved headpieces and one full-page tailpiece by Choffard, 139 plates by Baquoy, Basan, de Launay, Legrand, Lemire, Leroy and others, after Boucher, Eisen, Gravelot, Leprince, Monnet, Moreau, Parizeau and Saint-Gois. Cohen-de Ricci 769-772 ("superbe ouvrage...un des plus galamment illustrés de tout le siècle"); Ray French 62. (4) | Christie's

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OVID.Les Métamorphoses... en Latin et en François, de la traduction de M.l'Abbé Banier. Paris: Hochereau (vols. 3-4: Prault) 1767-1771. 4 vols., 4to, 250 x 197 mm. (10 1/16 x 7 11/16 in.), contemporary dark blue morocco, covers gilt-panelled with squirrel and flowering plant tool at angles, spines gilt with floral tools, double red morocco lettering pieces, board edges gilt-ruled, turn-ins gilt, g.e., a trace of very light scuffing to joints, two or three very minor short marginal tears, occasional discoloration or very light spotting. "THE SUPREME ANTHOLOGY OF FRENCH ROCOCO BOOK ILLUSTRATION" (Ray). Four titles printed in red and black, engraved title vignettes, additional engraved title in vol. 1, 2-leaf engraved dedication, 26 engraved headpieces and one full-page tailpiece by Choffard, 139 plates by Baquoy, Basan, de Launay, Legrand, Lemire, Leroy and others, after Boucher, Eisen, Gravelot, Leprince, Monnet, Moreau, Parizeau and Saint-Gois. Cohen-de Ricci 769-772 ("superbe ouvrage...un des plus galamment illustrés de tout le siècle"); Ray French 62. (4)

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OVID.Les Métamorphoses... en Latin et en François, de la traduction de M.l'Abbé Banier. Paris: Hochereau (vols. 3-4: Prault) 1767-1771. 4 vols., 4to, 250 x 197 mm. (10 1/16 x 7 11/16 in.), contemporary dark blue morocco, covers gilt-panelled with squirrel and flowering plant tool at angles, spines gilt with floral tools, double red morocco lettering pieces, board edges gilt-ruled, turn-ins gilt, g.e., a trace of very light scuffing to joints, two or three very minor short marginal tears, occasional discoloration or very light spotting. "THE SUPREME ANTHOLOGY OF FRENCH ROCOCO BOOK ILLUSTRATION" (Ray). Four titles printed in red and black, engraved title vignettes, additional engraved title in vol. 1, 2-leaf engraved dedication, 26 engraved headpieces and one full-page tailpiece by Choffard, 139 plates by Baquoy, Basan, de Launay, Legrand, Lemire, Leroy and others, after Boucher, Eisen, Gravelot, Leprince, Monnet, Moreau, Parizeau and Saint-Gois. Cohen-de Ricci 769-772 ("superbe ouvrage...un des plus galamment illustrés de tout le siècle"); Ray French 62.
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