[ANACREON]. Idylls of Bion and Moschus, translated into Fren - Lot 17

[ANACREON]. Idylls of Bion and Moschus, translated into French by J. B. Gail. Paris, Printed by Didot the Younger, Gail, Year III. 12mo, red morocco, gilt roulette around the covers, plain gilt spine, interior frieze of posts, gilt edges (contemporary binding). Portrait of the author engraved by Gaucher and 4 illustrations by Le Barbier. Fresh binding of the period, executed by Antoine Lemonnier, signed with his “Maître Relieur” label, rue Saint-Jacques. From the Émile Moreau library (ex-libris). A pencil note on an endpaper regarding a similar copy in red marbled paper sold at the Montgermont auction (1911, no. 16). One jaw split over 2 cm.

Estimate:£428.98

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