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Les amours de Mirtil.

by [Sacy, Claude-Louis-Michel]

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Constantinople [i.e. Paris (Joseph-Gérard Barbou)], 1761.. vii, (1), 141, (1)pp. 6 plates hors texte, by Louis Legrand after Gravelot, the prints here present in two suites, one printed in black, and one in pink. Dec. title-page by Legrand (likewise in black and in pink states). Culs-de-lampe. Contemporary red morocco gilt (skillfully rebacked, preserving the original gilt backstrip). T.e.g. Traditionally ascribed to Fontenelle (Bernard Le Bovier, 1657-1757), the text is now given to the versatile Claude-Louis-Michel Sacy (1746-1794), who, apart from large-scale historical studies also wrote drama and poetry. A pastoral in the tradition of Tasso’s “Aminta,” it appeared in English translation in 1770, titled “The Loves of Mirtil, Son of Adonis.” The plates are normally printed in black, but special copies such as this are known in which they are included in pink or blue, or in some combination thereof.

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Ars Libri Ltd US (US)
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B104674-1
Title
Les amours de Mirtil.
Author
[Sacy, Claude-Louis-Michel]
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Constantinople [i.e. Paris (Joseph-Gérard Barbou)], 1761.
Keywords
18th century ; Fontenelle, M. de. ; Gravelot, Hubert François Bourguignon, called, 1699-1773 ; Art, French ; Sacy, Claude-Louis-Michel. ; Baroque ; Rococo ; Illustrated Books ; Book Design ; Printing ;
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