GESSNER, SALOMON. 1730-1788.
La Mort d'Abel: poeme en cinq chants. Paris: Defer de Maisonneuve, 1793.
La Mort d'Abel: poeme en cinq chants. Paris: Defer de Maisonneuve, 1793.
Large 4to (334 x 250 mm). Stipple-engraved color frontispiece and 5 colored plates by Colibert, Casenave & Clement after Nicolas-André Monsiau. Contemporary red morocco gilt, rebacked with original spine laid down, green morocco lettering pieces, silk doublures, edges gilt, modern custom clamshell box. Light scuffing and wear to binding, old repair to corners, minor spotting and browning.
FIRST FRENCH EDITION, translated by Michel Hubert.
Cohen-de Ricci, 436; Brunet, II, 1568.
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La Mort d'Abel: poeme en cinq chants. Paris: Defer de Maisonneuve, 1793.
La Mort d'Abel: poeme en cinq chants. Paris: Defer de Maisonneuve, 1793.
Large 4to (334 x 250 mm). Stipple-engraved color frontispiece and 5 colored plates by Colibert, Casenave & Clement after Nicolas-André Monsiau. Contemporary red morocco gilt, rebacked with original spine laid down, green morocco lettering pieces, silk doublures, edges gilt, modern custom clamshell box. Light scuffing and wear to binding, old repair to corners, minor spotting and browning.
FIRST FRENCH EDITION, translated by Michel Hubert.
Cohen-de Ricci, 436; Brunet, II, 1568.
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