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Lot 27
Choderlos de Laclos (Pierre-Ambroise-François) Les Liaisons Dangereuses, 2 vol., 'Londres' [Paris], 1796.
Hammer Price: £1,000
Description
Choderlos de Laclos (Pierre-Ambroise-François) Les Liaisons Dangereuses, 2 vol., half-titles, engraved frontispieces and 13 plates by Baquoy, Duplessi-Bertaux, Dupréel, Godefroy, Langlois, Lemire, Lingée, Masquelier, Patas, Pauquet, Simonet and Trière after Monnet, Mlle Gérard and Fragonard fils, uncut in original pink boards, spines faded and worn at ends, 8vo, 'Londres' [Paris], 1796.
⁂ A very good copy in original condition of this important illustrated edition, not to be confused with the 1812 re-issue which has a wavy line above the date on the title-page.
"Monnet's plates dominate the first volume, Mlle. Gérard's the second... These striking plates form the outstanding contemporary interpretation of Les Liasons dangereuses. They are not likely to be superseded" (Ray 82).
"C'est la plus belle édition de cet ouvrage." (Gay-Lemonnyer II, 850-851).
Description
Choderlos de Laclos (Pierre-Ambroise-François) Les Liaisons Dangereuses, 2 vol., half-titles, engraved frontispieces and 13 plates by Baquoy, Duplessi-Bertaux, Dupréel, Godefroy, Langlois, Lemire, Lingée, Masquelier, Patas, Pauquet, Simonet and Trière after Monnet, Mlle Gérard and Fragonard fils, uncut in original pink boards, spines faded and worn at ends, 8vo, 'Londres' [Paris], 1796.
⁂ A very good copy in original condition of this important illustrated edition, not to be confused with the 1812 re-issue which has a wavy line above the date on the title-page.
"Monnet's plates dominate the first volume, Mlle. Gérard's the second... These striking plates form the outstanding contemporary interpretation of Les Liasons dangereuses. They are not likely to be superseded" (Ray 82).
"C'est la plus belle édition de cet ouvrage." (Gay-Lemonnyer II, 850-851).
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