1126 - [HANCARVILLE (Hugues d').] MONUMENTS OF THE PRIVATE LIVES OF THE TWELVE CAESARS, based on a series of stones and medals. - MONUMENTS OF THE SECRET CULT OF THE ROMAN LADIES, intended as a sequel to Monuments of the Private Lives of the Twelve Caesars.

[HANCARVILLE (Hugues d').] MONUMENTS OF THE PRIVATE LIVES OF THE TWELVE CAESARS, based on a series of stones and medals. - MONUMENTS OF THE SECRET CULT OF THE ROMAN LADIES, intended as a sequel to Monuments of the Private Lives of the Twelve Caesars. Caprées, Sabellus, (Nancy, Leclerc, 1780, and Rome, unpublished, 1787 2 volumes in-8, half-blond calfskin, richly decorated spine, marbled edges (19th-century binding). “These works reveal d’Hancarville’s great erudition; but all these engraved stones, medals, etc., are imaginary ” (Cohen, 745). The first volume includes 1 frontispiece, 1 title page, 12 pages of preface, 196 pages, and 50 plates. The second volume includes 1 title page, 1 frontispiece, 4 folios of preface, 24 folios of explanatory text, and 24 plates. All these licentious figures are engraved in medallions surrounded by ornate frames, printed on thick laid paper. It is one of the most famous erotic illustrated works of the 18th century; it was ordered to be destroyed in 1815 by royal decree. Scattered foxing. (Pia, 954 and 958).