SEDAINE and POINSINET - BOREL by ELLUIN]. The Temptation of - Lot 287

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SEDAINE and POINSINET - BOREL by ELLUIN]. The Temptation of - Lot 287
SEDAINE and POINSINET - BOREL by ELLUIN]. The Temptation of S. Anthony [followed by] The Potpourri of Loth. Decorated with figures and music. In London, 1781. In-12 in 2 parts, 9 figures including a frontispiece, 10 pages and 8 pages of songs and 9 figures including a frontispiece, 10 pages and 12 pages of songs, parma morocco, triple fillet around the boards, spine ribbed and decorated with a satyr's head and a bell repeated several times, inner gilt roulette, spine faded (old binding). First edition, illustrated with 18 figures drawn by Borel and engraved by Elluin. All leaves are engraved. La Tentation de Saint Antoine is said to be by Sedaine and Le Pot-pourri de Loth by Poinsinet. Seymour has seen two different editions of 1781, one of which is rarer, with free figures, of which this copy is part. Gay 6-317, Lemonnyer 3-1189, Seymour 948, PC 1692, Pia 1404, Dutel A-1049.
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