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LOUVET DE COUVRAY, Jean-Baptiste (1760-1797). Les Amours du Chevalier de Faublas; troisième édition revue par l'auteur. Paris: An VI [1798].
Four volumes, 8° (203 x 124mm). Half-titles, 27 engraved plates before letters by Baquoy, Choffard, Halbou, St.-Aubin and others after Demarne, Dutertre, Mlle. Gérard, Marillier, Monsiau and Monnet, EXTRA ILLUSTRATED with an engraved portrait by E. Bonneville and 8 engraved plates in two states, before letters and eaux-fortes, after Colin. (A few leaves slightly spotted.) Red morocco, covers gilt with floral border between double fillets, spines gilt in compartments, by Simier (signed at foot of vol.I), g.e. Provenance: Courtland T. Bishop (red morocco gilt book label).
PRINTED ON PAPIER VELIN with the plates before letters, with the additional engravings by Colin for the 1821 Didot edition. Cohen-de Ricci 660-661 ('Les exemplaires sur papier vélin sont rares et recherchés'); Sander 1239. (4)
Four volumes, 8° (203 x 124mm). Half-titles, 27 engraved plates before letters by Baquoy, Choffard, Halbou, St.-Aubin and others after Demarne, Dutertre, Mlle. Gérard, Marillier, Monsiau and Monnet, EXTRA ILLUSTRATED with an engraved portrait by E. Bonneville and 8 engraved plates in two states, before letters and eaux-fortes, after Colin. (A few leaves slightly spotted.) Red morocco, covers gilt with floral border between double fillets, spines gilt in compartments, by Simier (signed at foot of vol.I), g.e. Provenance: Courtland T. Bishop (red morocco gilt book label).
PRINTED ON PAPIER VELIN with the plates before letters, with the additional engravings by Colin for the 1821 Didot edition. Cohen-de Ricci 660-661 ('Les exemplaires sur papier vélin sont rares et recherchés'); Sander 1239. (4)