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LOT 440
SOLD €900,00

[With 60 splendid engravings] Tafereel, of Beschryving van den prachtigen Tempel

der Zang-Godinnen, vertoond in LX. heerlyke kunststukken. Behelzende alle de voornaamste geschiedenissen van de fabel-oudheid, getekend en in 't koper gebragt, door Bernard Picart le Romain, en andere braeve meesters. Waerby gevoegd zyn de volkoome verklaeringen der fabelen, en de grondslagen, die ze in de historien hebben (text by Antoine de Le Barre de Beaumarchais). Amsterdam, Z. Chatelain, 1733, (8),XVI,(2),158,(4) p., with engraved frontispiece, title vignette, headpiece above the dedication and 60 plates each printed from 2 plates (decorated borders printed from separate plates), contemporary calf, ribbed and gilt back with morocco letterpiece, large folio.

Several plates tender, occ. small stains. Small tear to spine foot and corners sl. bumped. Fine copy with very wide margins. One of the finest illustrated books from the first half of the 18th century.

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