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Paris: P. Didot l’Aîné, 1797. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. Limited edition of Bernard’s ‘Oeuvres’ illustrated by Pierre-Paul Prud’hon. Folio (310 x 235mm). 300pp. Four engraved plates after Pierre-Paul Prud’hon, by Prud’hon, Beisson and Copia. Three of the plates after Prud’hon illustrate L’art d’aimer (1775). Prud’hon’s own erotically charged engraving for Phrosine et Mélidore, later adapted to an opera, is thought to be the only engraving indisputably made by the French master. Modern red morocco gilt, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers and edges; (some foxing throughout). Limited edition one of 150 copies beautifully printed in large character on papier-vélin fort d’Angoulême with the plates “avant la lettre,” before the letters. Good copy of the best and only complete edition of the works of Bernard, salon poet and playwright commonly known by the nickname… Read More

Paris: P. Didot l'Aîné, 1797 (An V). Small folio. 23.6 x 32cm. Later half calf and marbled boards with gilt spines and edges. Light foxing. From the collection of Perre Cheymol (1918-1991). Gordon Ray, The Art of the French Illustrated Books, pp. 128-130; no. 75.... Renowned for Proud'hon's magnificent engraving of Phrosine and Mélidore....In-folio, demi-veau fauve avec coins, dos lisse orné, tranches dorées (Reliure moderne). Superbe édition illustrée de quatre figures hors texte de Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, dont une eau-forte originale pour Phrosine et Mélidore (c'est « la seule gravure que le maître ait incontestablement faite », d'après Cohen) et trois eaux-fortes interprétées par Beisson et Copia pour L'Art d'aimer. On a ajouté en tête de la notice biographique un beau portrait gravé de l'auteur. De la bibliothèque Pierre Cheymol, avec ex-libris. Rousseurs éparses. Cohen, 133 et Suppl., 1085 – Sander, 124.