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436 - (Querelles, A.de). Héro et Léandre, poeme nouveau en trois chants, traduit du Grec, sur un manuscrit trouve a Castro, auquel on a joint des notes historiques. Paris, Didot l'ainé, 1801. 100 pages. With 1 engraved frontispiece and 8 color engravings by P.L. Debucourt. 4to. Dark blue morocco of the 19th century (signed 'Riviere & Son') with gilt-stamped floral center and corner fleurons on both covers, gilt top and wide ornamental inner edges and gilt top edge (minimal rubbing), in a modern cardboard slipcase.
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(Querelles, A.de). Héro et Léandre, poeme nouveau en trois chants, traduit du Grec, sur un manuscrit trouve a Castro, auquel on a joint des notes historiques. Paris, Didot l'ainé, 1801. 100 pages. With 1 engraved frontispiece and 8 color engravings by P.L. Debucourt. 4to. Dark blue morocco of the 19th century (signed 'Riviere & Son') with gilt-stamped floral center and corner fleurons on both covers, gilt top and wide ornamental inner edges and gilt top edge (minimal rubbing), in a modern cardboard slipcase. Cohen/Ricci 833; Sander 1622. - First edition. - The only book illustration by Debucourt, 'probably the most independent and important among the great masters of color engraving' (Fürstenberg catalog, page 121). - Copy on large, partly untrimmed paper with the engravings 'avec la lettre grise'. - Slightly foxed in places along the wide white outer margin. - Bookplate 'Sigi Leonhardt' on the front endpaper verso.
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