Claude-Joseph DORAT. Les Baisers, preceded... - Lot 3 - Art Valorem

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Claude-Joseph DORAT. Les Baisers, preceded... - Lot 3 - Art Valorem
Claude-Joseph DORAT. Les Baisers, preceded by the Month of May, Poëme. The Hague, Paris, Lambert, Delalain, 1770. Large in-8, red morocco, lace with small irons on the plates, smooth spine decorated, inside roulette wheel, gilt edges (contemporary binding). Cohen, 308 / Reynaud, 135 /// 119 / 47. Second edition of Les Baisers, a masterpiece of finesse and delicacy. This edition is one of the most prized by lovers of 18th century illustrations. "Illustrated work with perfect taste and grace" (Cohen). It is illustrated with a frontispiece by Eisen, engraved by Ponce, a figure by Eisen, engraved by De Longueil, 22 chapter headings, a title fleuron and 22 culs-de-lampe by Eisen and Marillier, engraved on copper by Aliamet, Baquoy, Binet, Delauney and Ponce. Nice copy of the first edition, printed on large paper from Holland with the titles in red and black. Minimal dirt without gravity on a plate.
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