Bernard, L'art d'aimer et poésies diverses, Paris, Didot, 1795, red morocco gilt

Pierre Joseph Bernard

L’art d’aimer et poésies diverses. Paris: Didot jeune, An III [1795]

8vo (222 x 138mm.), half-title, 7 engraved plates after Eisen and Martini, contemporary straight-grained red morocco gilt probably by Bozerian, blue watered silk endpapers, flat spine gilt, gilt edges, spine slightly faded, slightly rubbed at foot

LITERATURE:

Cohen-De Ricci 133; Culot, Bozerian, roulette 20 and palettes 2 & 12

PROVENANCE:

John B. Stetson, sale, Parke-Bernet, 10 March 1953, lot 26, extract from sale catalogue loosely inserted