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BERQUIN. Idylls. Paris, Ruault, 1775. 2 volumes in-12, title page and frontispiece, VI-53 pp., 12 plates and 70-(1) pp., 12 plates. Contemporary mottled fawn sheepskin, smooth spine decorated with a black title label and volume number, three gilt fillets framing the covers, gilt edges (binding rubbed with small areas of leather wear on the covers, very slight foxing in the second volume). Bibliography: Cohen, 139. Description: First edition of this two-volume collection of 24 of Berquin’s poetic dialogues. Illustrated with a frontispiece title page drawn by Marillier and engraved by him, and 24 copperplate engravings by Gaucher, de Ghendt, Le Gouaz, Delaunay, Lebeau, Masquelier, Née, and Ponce, after Marillier. Copy printed on Holland paper.
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