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(Brunet, III, 748).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSlightly sunned spine with scattered foxing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50035103859013,"sku":"0023","price":750.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/LaFontaineOeuvresCompletes-4.jpg?v=1725482496"},{"product_id":"pygmalion-scene-lyrique-de-mr-j-j-rousseau","title":"Pygmalion, Scène lyrique de Mr. J.J. Rousseau [suivi de : Idylle]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBERQUIN Arnaud, ROUSSEAU Jean-Jacques. Pygmalion, Scène lyrique de Mr. J.J. Rousseau [suivi de : Idylle].\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eParis, W.N.\u003c\/em\u003e, 1775.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn-4 (270 x 180 mm): [4] ff., 18 pp., [1] f., 8 pp., [2]. Full midnight blue morocco, triple gilt frame on the covers, ribbed spine richly decorated with double gilt fillet and iron boxes, title, date and place of printing in gilt, gilt fillet on the covers, gilt edges, richly decorated interior border (\u003cem\u003eM. Lortic\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOriginal edition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRare and very beautiful illustrated edition of Pygmalion and Idille, the text of which was entirely engraved by Drouët. The edition is illustrated with 6 charming vignettes by Moreau, engraved by Delaunay and Ponce. Idylle is decorated with a title and a tailpiece by Marillier and engraved by Gaucher (Cohen 141).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur wide-margined copy is presented in its 19th century binding by Pierre-Marcelin Lortic (1822-1892).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUpper and lower corners of the first cover very slightly rubbed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProvenance: Piasa sale of 20\/02\/2008, lot no. 64.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTchemerzine\u003c\/span\u003e, vol. 10, p. 56 (1927-34).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50038095577413,"sku":"0195","price":900.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/Pygmalion-1.jpg?v=1725530288"},{"product_id":"oeuvres-de-boileau-avec-un-nouveau-commentaire-par-m-amar","title":"Œuvres de Boileau avec un nouveau commentaire par M. 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Full red morocco, double gilt fillet on covers, gilt decorations on covers, smooth spine with grotesque decorations, gilt stippling on edges, gilt edges, Greek-style inner border, blue tabis endpapers (\u003cem\u003econtemporary binding\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVery handsome illustrated edition, with a frontispiece portrait of Boileau after Rigaud and another frontispiece portrait by Saint-Aubin.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis edition is usually illustrated with 6 hors-texte figures engraved after Desenne - all present in volume 2. A suite of \u003cstrong\u003e6 engravings after Moreau inserted in volume 2\u003c\/strong\u003e has been added to our copy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis is the first edition with commentaries by M. Amar that Quérard describes as ‘recommendable’. 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