Oeuvres

New edition, illustrated with two engraved titles, one portrait, 9 figures in volume I and 15 in volume II, totaling 27 engravings by Monnet, Marillier, Giraud, engraved by Letellier, Dupré. The same edition listed in Oxford catalogues contains only 18 figures, other copies contain only 23.
Contemporary full glazed calf binding with green and brown tree-calf marbling. Smooth green spine decorated with 4 tools and fillets, with frames and roulettes. Red morocco title and volume labels. Roulette frame on boards. Marbled edges. One small abrasion at head of volume 1. Light rubbing to corners and headcaps. Some quires browned, occasional foxing. Fine contemporary binding.
This edition contains La mort d'Abel; Le premier navigateur; Daphnis. The second volume contains various isolated pieces completed by letters and theatrical works. Gessner was widely appreciated in his time; renovator of the idyllic and pastoral genre, he was in the poetic genre alongside Rousseau and Bernardin de Saint Pierre.