Dorat, Les Baisers, précédés du mois de Mai, poëme. The Hague and Paris, 1770

DORAT, CLAUDE JOSEPH

Les Baisers, précédés du mois de Mai, poëme. The Hague and Paris: Lambert and Delalain, 1770

8vo (210 x 130mm.), engraved additional title by Ponce after Eisen, printed title in red and black with engraved vignette, one engraved plate and numerous head- and tail-pieces all but two after Charles-Dominique-Joseph Eisen, divisional and sectional titles printed in red and black, navy morocco gilt by Lortic with his ticket, elaborately tooled gilt, gilt edges, slipcase

LITERATURE:

Cohen-De Ricci 308, noting that the most desirable issue has the titles printed in red and black, as here

PROVENANCE:

Francis Kettaneh, bookplate, sale, Paris, 20 May 1980

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