Bernard, Pierre-Joseph Pierre Prud'hon - Oeuvres, ornées de gravures d'après les desseins de Prud'hon. Mit 4 Kupfertafeln. Paris, P. Didot l'aîné, 17

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  Bernard, Pierre-Joseph Pierre Prud'hon - Oeuvres, ornées de gravures d'après les desseins de Prud'hon. Mit 4 Kupfertafeln. Paris, P. Didot l'aîné, 1797. 2 Bl., XI, 198 S. 4°. HLnw. d. Zt. mit goldgepr. RTitel (berieben u. beschabt, Ecken bestoßen). "With 4 engravings. - First, splendid Didot edition with large margins, complete with the 4 beautiful engravings, among them the wonderful plate which was engraved by Prud'hon himself. Of Prud'hon's own engraving for Phrosine et Mélidore (Cohen: ""une véritable curiosité artistique""), Ray states, ""No rococo design surpasses this in voluptuousness, and Prud'hon has given his scene an air of mystery to which the artists of the previous age did not aspire. Delacroix said of this drawing that by itself it served to place its creator beside Correggio."" - Half cloth with gilt spine title (rubbed and shaved, corners bumped). - Half title and p. 197 with small tears, some sheets at the end creased. In some places somewhat brownstained or foxed. Plates in very good condition." "Sander 124. Cohen-Ricci Fuck 133. - Erste Ausgabe in dem wunderschönen, breitrandigen Didot-Druck, komplett mit den 4 prachtvollen Stichen, darunter die hervorragende Tafel ""Phrosine et Mélidore"" von Prud'hon selbst gestochen. - Schmutztitel u. S. 197 mit kleinen Einrissen. Einige Blätter am Ende etwas knitterig. Stellenweise etwas braun- bzw. stockfleckig. - Die Tafeln mit wundervollem Kontrast in sehr gutem Zustand."
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