Hero et Leandre, Poeme Nouveau en trois chants. Paris: Pierre Didot L'aine, 1801. 4to (300 x 230mm). Aquatint frontispiece in black and 8 aquatint prints in color by Philibert-Louis Debucourt. Contemporary quarter morocco over red glazed boards, stamped in silver, edges gilt, modern folding case. Boards warped, corners bumped, foxing to endpapers and slight foxing to text pages, bookseller stamp to free front endpaper and half-title. FIRST EDITION thus, with neo-classic aquatint illustrations, each printed from 4 different plates. Translated from the Greek by the (uncredited) Chevalier de Querelles, a prominent military officer of the period. Cohen-de Ricci, 833.
Hero et Leandre, Poeme Nouveau en trois chants. Paris: Pierre Didot L'aine, 1801. 4to (300 x 230mm). Aquatint frontispiece in black and 8 aquatint prints in color by Philibert-Louis Debucourt. Contemporary quarter morocco over red glazed boards, stamped in silver, edges gilt, modern folding case. Boards warped, corners bumped, foxing to endpapers and slight foxing to text pages, bookseller stamp to free front endpaper and half-title. FIRST EDITION thus, with neo-classic aquatint illustrations, each printed from 4 different plates. Translated from the Greek by the (uncredited) Chevalier de Querelles, a prominent military officer of the period. Cohen-de Ricci, 833.
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