OVID.Les Métamorphoses... en Latin et en François, de la traduction de M.l'Abbé Banier. Paris: Hochereau (vols. 3-4: Prault) 1767-1771. 4 vols., 4to, 250 x 197 mm. (10 1/16 x 7 11/16 in.), contemporary dark blue morocco, covers gilt-panelled with squirrel and flowering plant tool at angles, spines gilt with floral tools, double red morocco lettering pieces, board edges gilt-ruled, turn-ins gilt, g.e., a trace of very light scuffing to joints, two or three very minor short marginal tears, occasional discoloration or very light spotting . "THE SUPREME ANTHOLOGY OF FRENCH ROCOCO BOOK ILLUSTRATION" (Ray). Four titles printed in red and black, engraved title vignettes, additional engraved title in vol. 1, 2-leaf engraved dedication, 26 engraved headpieces and one full-page tailpiece by Choffard, 139 plates by Baquoy, Basan, de Launay, Legrand, Lemire, Leroy and others, after Boucher, Eisen, Gravelot, Leprince, Monnet, Moreau, Parizeau and Saint-Gois. Cohen-de Ricci 769-772 ("superbe ouvrage...un des plus galamment illustrés de tout le siècle"); Ray French 62. (4)
OVID.Les Métamorphoses... en Latin et en François, de la traduction de M.l'Abbé Banier. Paris: Hochereau (vols. 3-4: Prault) 1767-1771. 4 vols., 4to, 250 x 197 mm. (10 1/16 x 7 11/16 in.), contemporary dark blue morocco, covers gilt-panelled with squirrel and flowering plant tool at angles, spines gilt with floral tools, double red morocco lettering pieces, board edges gilt-ruled, turn-ins gilt, g.e., a trace of very light scuffing to joints, two or three very minor short marginal tears, occasional discoloration or very light spotting . "THE SUPREME ANTHOLOGY OF FRENCH ROCOCO BOOK ILLUSTRATION" (Ray). Four titles printed in red and black, engraved title vignettes, additional engraved title in vol. 1, 2-leaf engraved dedication, 26 engraved headpieces and one full-page tailpiece by Choffard, 139 plates by Baquoy, Basan, de Launay, Legrand, Lemire, Leroy and others, after Boucher, Eisen, Gravelot, Leprince, Monnet, Moreau, Parizeau and Saint-Gois. Cohen-de Ricci 769-772 ("superbe ouvrage...un des plus galamment illustrés de tout le siècle"); Ray French 62. (4)
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