Laurent Prault • et Bailly|Paris 1769|14 x 21 cm|relié sous étui
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First illustrated edition, with title page by Moreau le Jeune, frontispiece by Simonet after Boucher, and 5 illustrations by Moreau le Jeune engraved by Massard, De Longueil, De Launay and Simonet. Contemporary green morocco, spine richly gilt with compartments, fleurons and fillets, as well as a red morocco title piece. Boards with triple gilt fillets and gilt fleurons at corners. Pink guards and endpapers, geometric gilt roulette frame to pastedowns. All edges gilt. Modern slipcase. Ink ex libris to one endpaper: Du Comte Charles Caissotti de Chiusan A superb copy.