Longus. Les Amours Pastorales de Daphnis et de Chloé... A striking copy of a sought-after edition of one of the most famous French bibliophile 18th-century illustrated books

LONGUS

LES AMOURS PASTORALES DE DAPHNIS ET DE CHLOÉ...DOUBLE TRADUCTION...DE MR. AMIOT ET D'UN ANONIMIE. PARIS: IMPRIMÉES POUR LES CURIEUX, 1757

Quarto (7 7/8 x 5 3/4 in.; 200 x 146 mm). Engraved frontispiece by B. Audran after A.Coypel, title in red and black with engraved vignette, text within decorative border of typographic ornaments, 28 plates by Audran after Phillippe, duc d'Orléans, 1 unsigned plate after the Comte de Caylus, all within elaborate decorative borders by S.Fokke, 16 head- and tailpieces, final blank.

Contemporary French red morocco, covers with triple fillet border in gilt, spine with raised bands in six compartments, black morocco lettering-piece in the second, others with elegant repeat pattern in gilt with acorn and oak leaf spray, edges gilt, gilt turn-ins, comb-marbled endpapers.

A striking copy of a sought-after edition of one of the most famous French bibliophile 18th-century illustrated books

The original drawings for the illustrations were made by Philippe, duc d'Orléans under the tutelage of Antoine Coypel in 1714 and subsequently engraved by Audran, and first published in Paris in 1718. The book was re-issued several times with different versions of the same engravings during the 18th century. For the present edition, a series of beautiful borders were added around the plates and a new version included of the risqué additional plate "Les petits pieds" by the Comte de Caylus.

LITERATURE:

Cohen-de Ricci 653; Ray, French 2; Sander 1226

Longus. A sought-after edition of one of the most famous French bibliophile 18th-century illustrated books