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LONGUS / Les amours pastorales de Daphnis et Chloé...
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LONGUS / Les amours pastorales de Daphnis et Chloé...
À Paris, Imprimé pour les Curieux, 1757. In-4, VIII-269 p., [1] f.
white, front, [29] plates, contemporary tortoiseshell calf, 5-ribbed spine, red title page, ornate caissons, triple gilt fillet on covers, double fillet at edges, interior roulette, gilt edges, covers restored (3 corners rubbed).
This edition reproduces the figures from the famous 1718 Paris edition, known as the Regent's edition, which Philippe d'Orléans, Regent of France, had commissioned engraved by Benoit Audran, after the paintings inspired by Longus' novel. This new version of the illustration, retouched and surrounded by ornate frames by Fokke, comprises: 1 frontispiece engraved by Audran after Coypel, 29 plates engraved by Audran after the Regent's drawings, a title finial, 8 vignettes by Eisen and 8 culs-de-lampe by Cochin, all engraved on copper.
The figure known as "des petits pieds" forms pl. XXII of this edition, and is unsigned.
(Cohen 653)
À Paris, Imprimé pour les Curieux, 1757. In-4, VIII-269 p., [1] f.
white, front, [29] plates, contemporary tortoiseshell calf, 5-ribbed spine, red title page, ornate caissons, triple gilt fillet on covers, double fillet at edges, interior roulette, gilt edges, covers restored (3 corners rubbed).
This edition reproduces the figures from the famous 1718 Paris edition, known as the Regent's edition, which Philippe d'Orléans, Regent of France, had commissioned engraved by Benoit Audran, after the paintings inspired by Longus' novel. This new version of the illustration, retouched and surrounded by ornate frames by Fokke, comprises: 1 frontispiece engraved by Audran after Coypel, 29 plates engraved by Audran after the Regent's drawings, a title finial, 8 vignettes by Eisen and 8 culs-de-lampe by Cochin, all engraved on copper.
The figure known as "des petits pieds" forms pl. XXII of this edition, and is unsigned.
(Cohen 653)