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372 - Gessner, S. Oeuvres. 3 vols. Paris, l'Auteur des Estampes, Veuve Herissant and Barrois l'aine, (1786-93). X (incorrectly XII) pages, 1 leaf, 215, 182, 236 pages. With copperplate engraving suites after Le Barbier: 2 titles, 2 frontispieces, 72 plates (avec lettre), 12 plates (avant lettre) and 12 further plates; after Moreau: 45 plates (avant lettre) and 15 further plates; after Monsiau: frontispiece and 5 colored plates (avant lettre) as well as 4 portraits, 71 vignettes, etc. Total 243 engraved plates or vignettes. 4°. Magnificent, gilt-stamped leather bindings (by Marius Michel) with colored leather inlays (some slight wormholes), gilt top edge, gilt spine and inner edge gilt, in half-leather dust jackets with gilt spine titles (spine slightly faded) in marbled slipcases (scuffed).
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Gessner, S. Oeuvres. 3 vols. Paris, l'Auteur des Estampes, Veuve Herissant and Barrois l'aine, (1786-93). X (incorrectly XII) pages, 1 leaf, 215, 182, 236 pages. With copperplate engraving suites after Le Barbier: 2 titles, 2 frontispieces, 72 plates (avec lettre), 12 plates (avant lettre) and 12 further plates; after Moreau: 45 plates (avant lettre) and 15 further plates; after Monsiau: frontispiece and 5 colored plates (avant lettre) as well as 4 portraits, 71 vignettes, etc. Total 243 engraved plates or vignettes. 4°. Magnificent, gilt-stamped leather bindings (by Marius Michel) with colored leather inlays (some slight wormholes), gilt top edge, gilt spine and inner edge gilt, in half-leather dust jackets with gilt spine titles (spine slightly faded) in marbled slipcases (scuffed). Cohen/Ricci 433 / 435 / 436; Leemann-van-Elck 691 / 715 / 699.] A unique and the most richly decorated copy, with copperplate engravings, of one of the most beautiful French deluxe editions of Gessner's works, with the charming illustrations after Le Barbier, Moreau le jeune, and Monsiau. The translation was done by Gessner's friend Michael Huber, Henri Meister, and Brute de Loirelle. At the end of the third volume are two letters from Gessner to Le Barbier concerning the illustrations and the translation. Le Barbier had dedicated the joint work to Madame de Genlis, which delighted Gessner. - Excellent copy with wide margins, mostly on bluish paper in master bindings. - Occasionally slightly stained, a few plates browned.
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