New translation of the Mursius, known under the name of Aloï - Lot 274

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New translation of the Mursius, known under the name of Aloï - Lot 274
New translation of the Mursius, known under the name of Aloïsia or of the Academy of the ladies, revised, corrected & increased by almost half, by the restitution of all that had been truncated in all the editions which appeared until now; & as delicately rendered as it had been badly in all the preceding ones: purged of the obscene terms with which they swarmed, without however having enervated in nothing the force of the thoughts. The whole is decorated with a quantity of pretty figures in intaglio on new drawings. Divided into two parts. Volume one [- second]. In Cythère, in the Imprimerie de la Volupté, 1775. 2 volumes, one in-12 of XVIII, 191 pages and 1 ff" XII , 312 pages, green morocco, gilt filleting around the boards, smooth spine decorated, inner gilt border, gilt edges (period binding). Small defects to the spines, top cover fragile. Illustrated with 11 engravings, including one in the frontispiece. This is an uncommon edition with a reworking of the text where even the names of the protagonists have been changed. Enfer 272-273, Pia 351, Dutel A-13.
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