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PARNY, Evariste. The War of the Ancient and Modern Gods…
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102
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PARNY, Evariste. The War of the Ancient and Modern Gods…
Par…
See original version (French)
Estimate €300 - €400
Voluntary lot
Description
PARNY, Evariste.
The War of the Ancient and Modern Gods…
Paris: P. Didot the Elder. Year VII (1798–1799).
In-12, (2) ff., 175 pp., 10 plates. 19th-century fawn morocco, decorated ribbed spine, title label with border and blue date, richly decorated panels, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, double gilt fillet on the headbands and footbands, gilt scrolls and fillets on the cap bands, gilt edges, [Chambolle-Duru] (slight foxing on some leaves).
Bibliography:
Nordmann, II, 405. Gay, Bibliographie des ouvrages relatifs à l’amour, 144.
Description:
First edition.
A fine copy, very well bound.
With ten original erotic engravings by Jules-Adolphe Chauvet (1829–1898), engraved in black on copper and created for the poems of Évariste Parny (1753–1814).
An essential masterpiece in the history of erotic art.
A satirical poem of genuine poetic talent and unrestrained imagery, for which the earliest, uncensored editions are highly sought after, as all editions published after 1804 have undergone considerable cuts.
“A work as critical as it is unrestrained, yet in which a first-rate poetic talent shines through; it is regarded as the finest poem in the French language, after Voltaire’s *La Pucelle*” (Gay)
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