Descrizione

Title printed in red and black. With additional engr. pictorial title, engr. vignette on printed title, 8 plates engr. by Jean Baptiste Scotin, and 4 engr. head-pieces. Title, 4 leaves, 158, (1), XX pp. Small 8vo. Contemp. calf with red spine label (rep.). (Paris, Coustelier), 1731. Nice edition of Longus' "Daphnis and Chloé", in the popular French translation of Jaques Amyot (1513-1593). It contains for the first time the copious philological annotations by Antoine Lancelot (1675-1740), in which he often corrects Amyot's text. Scotin's engravings congenially represent the time-typical impression of rural life. - Printed title rehinged, some waterstaining to engr. title mainly on verso, light browing throughout. - Quérard, La France littéraire V, 351; Cohen/De Ricci 651; Lewine 322; Sander 1222; Hoefer XXIX, 327 (Lancelot). LITERATURE: FRENCH ; ILLUSTRATED BOOKS (BEFORE 1900) ;