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Les amours pastorales de Daphnis et de Chloé.

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Description

6 p.l., 164 p. front. (engr.-title), 28 pl. (incl. 13 fold. pl.); 17 cm. (8vo)

Subject

Daphnis (Greek mythological character) > Fiction

Note

Brunet III, col. 1157-1158. Cohen-De Ricci, col. 648-651. Portalis and Béraldi, I, p. 45-47.
Translated from the Greek by Jacques Amyot, bishop of Auxerre.
Illustrations: Plates engraved by Benoit Audran from designs by Philippe II, duc d'Orléans, are with slight variations signed: Philipus in. et pinxit 1714. B. Audran sculpsit. Plate p. 162,is undated. Frontispiece signed: A. Coypel in. B. Audran sc. Vignette, p. 1, signed: J. B. Scotin. 6 engraved capital letters.
Binding, by Joly fils, of light brown levant morocco, gilt. Sides, within two fillets, tooled with a diaper of diamond-shaped lozenges with circular ornaments at the intersections, and within each an inlaid blue ornament outlined with gold dots and containing a center flower of red and gold. Doublé with light blue crushed levant morocco. Center panel plain within an ornamental frame; with outer border of pink morocco tooled in a diaper design. Back tooled and lettered. With edges gilt; marbled end papers, and lining of blue taffeta.

Call Number

Spencer Coll. French 1718

OCLC

131729442

Author

Longus.

Title

Les amours pastorales de Daphnis et de Chloé.

Imprint

[Paris,], 1718.

Added Author

Amyot. Jacques, bishop of Auxerre, 1513-1593.

Audran, Benoît, 1661-1721. Engraver

Orléans, Philippe, duc d', 1674-1723. Illustrator

Research Call Number

Spencer Coll. French 1718