[D'HANCARVILLE]. Veneres uti observantur in gemmis antiquis, - Lot 273

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[D'HANCARVILLE]. Veneres uti observantur in gemmis antiquis, - Lot 273
[D'HANCARVILLE]. Veneres uti observantur in gemmis antiquis, circa 1770. In-8 of 71 leaves, marbled calf, spine rebacked, gilt edges (period binding, restorations). Fully engraved, 35 figures enhanced in watercolour, engraved title enhanced in watercolour, 35 pages of text, engraved in orange. Unknown to Jules Gay who, in 1873, described another edition: "Veneres et Priapi uti observantur in gemmis antiquis; very rare first edition of this work". Gay 6-389.
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