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live November 26 | 11:00 AM
Giquello

308 - LONGUS. Daphnis and Chloe. Translated by Jacques Amyot, revised by Paul-Louis Courier. Introduction by M. Hervey Houssaye. Paris, Printed for A. Romagnol, n.d. [circa 1900]. In-4, fawn morocco, border adorned with a mosaic frieze, large mosaic design in the Greek style outlined by dark brown and light brown bands, volutes, fans, and flowers reminiscent of long-stemmed fans in the antique style, decorated spine, gray morocco lining adorned with a wide frame of large gilded acanthus leaves, gold-brocaded silk endpapers, edges gilt on endpapers, cover, and spine, half-moroquin slipcase, case (Canape R.D.).

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€2,000 - 3,000

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30%

LONGUS. Daphnis and Chloe. Translated by Jacques Amyot, revised by Paul-Louis Courier. Introduction by M. Hervey Houssaye. Paris, Printed for A. Romagnol, n.d. [circa 1900]. In-4, fawn morocco, border adorned with a mosaic frieze, large mosaic design in the Greek style outlined by dark brown and light brown bands, volutes, fans, and flowers reminiscent of long-stemmed fans in the antique style, decorated spine, gray morocco lining adorned with a wide frame of large gilded acanthus leaves, gold-brocaded silk endpapers, edges gilt on endpapers, cover, and spine, half-moroquin slipcase, case (Canape R.D.). A unique copy printed especially for Mr. H. Parent, illustrated with 50 original watercolors—including 30 insets—by Lucius Rossi (1846–1913), an Italian painter renowned for his depictions of historical, religious, and mythological scenes.

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Auction details

Antique and Modern Books
Thursday, November 26
11:00 AM
Hôtel Drouot
9, rue Drouot
75009 Paris, France

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Giquello +33 1 47 42 78 01 info@giquello.net
On Drouot for more than 10 years avec More than 100,000 lots published

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