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CHODERLOS DE LACLOS. Dangerous Liaisons.
See original version (French)
81
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CHODERLOS DE LACLOS. Dangerous Liaisons.
See original version (French)
Estimate €600 - €800
Voluntary lot
Description
CHODERLOS DE LACLOS.
Dangerous Liaisons.
London, 1796 (c. 1812).
2 volumes in-8, frontispiece, 415 pp., 7 plates and (3) folios including the frontispiece, 398 pp., 6 plates. Contemporary mottled fawn sheepskin, plain spine with decoration, red title label and green volume number, gilt scrolls framing the covers, marbled edges (spine slightly faded, lower caps very slightly rubbed, a few discreet signs of oxidation).
Bibliography:
Cohen, 235.
Description:
A counterfeit of the famous illustrated first edition of 1796, here in its contemporary binding.
Printed around 1812 (as indicated by the wavy line on the title page and the ‘RpD’ engraved in dotted lines beneath the scenes, distinguishing it from the 1796 edition), the plates have been retouched by Delvaux whilst retaining the pagination of the 1796 edition.
The illustrations consist of 15 beautiful engravings, some of which are free adaptations, including a frontispiece in each volume, engraved on copper after drawings by Fragonard the Younger, Monnet (1732–1816) and Mademoiselle Gérard (1770–1837), who were commissioned to provide the illustrations for this epistolary novel in 1796. These were subsequently interpreted by Baquoy, Bertaux and Dupréel, Godefroy, Langlois, Le Mire, Lingée, Patas, Pauquet, Simonet and Trière.
Two beautiful frontispieces, particularly theatrical and dramatic in nature, form part of this series of illustrations, considered the most accomplished of the 18th century for this text.
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