Les Graces
Paris: Laurent Prault & Bailey, 1769. First edition. 8vo. (2), viii, 330, (5) pp. Engraved title page, frontispiece by Boucher, and five plates by Moreau. "A collection of poetical and prose compositions on the Graces" (OCLC), comprising "Ode de Pindare, sur les Graces, traduite par l'Abbé Massieu," "Dissertation sur les Graces, par le même," "Les Graces, Ode à M. le Duc de Vendôme, par Houdart de la Motte," "Épître aux Graces, par M.L.C.D.B., "Les Graces, Conte Anacréontique, traduit de l'Alleman," "Chanson sûr les Graces"; "Extrait du Ballet des Graces, de Roy," and other pieces, together a colloquy of authors who, in poetry, drama, and prose, consider the origin, character, and concept of the three Graces from Greek mythology. Cohen/de Ricci Guide de l'Amateur de Livres à Gravures du XVIIIe siècle, 834/35. Contemporary French mottled calf, spine panels gilt with heart-and-dart ornaments between triple fillets, leather label, marbled endpapers, all edges red. (#6414). Item #59357
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