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0364145331.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1738979F40London: T. Astley 1738 . First edition. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 7" by 4.5". None. A wonderful example of the very scarce first English language edition of Antoine de La Barre de Beaumarchais's retelling of the Greek myths to be published in England. The vanishingly scarce first English language translation of this work to be published in England. This English language translation was first published in Amsterdam in 1733. While the Amsterdam edition was illustrated throughout with Picard's engravings our first England edition was issued without illustrations.The text discusses classical fables and myths such as those found in Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'. Based on an earlier work by Abbé de Marolles Antoine de La Barre de Beaumarchais discusses tales of heroes and gods such as the myths of Sisyphus Andromeda Hercules and the Hydra and Phaeton's Fall.ESTC T90860With the register: a12 b8 B1-5 B4-10 C-O12 P6 Q6. Collated complete. Despite the irregularity in register to gathering B the pagination and catchwords run correctly.Rebacked retaining original endpapers.With the contemporary bookplate of W. Dodd to the front pastedown and a contemporary 1738 former owner's inscription to the front free endpaper. With a 1997 inscription to the head of the front pastedown.A fascinating detailed and very scarce analysis and retelling of classical mythology. Rebacked retaining the original calf boards and endpapers. Externally excellent with minor rubbing to front board fore edge. Bookplate to front pastedown with former owner's inscription to front pastedown head. Contemporary inscription to front free endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Pages a touch age toned due to paper type but generally clean with light spotting to first and last few leaves. Very Good Indeed T. Astley hardcover
17335282Amsterdam: Zacharias Chatelain 1733. Contemporary gold-tooled calf by the Three Acorn Bindery sewn on 7 supports with the corresponding raised bands on the spine a red morocco title label on the spine lettered in gold both boards are richly gold-tooled in a panel design with a central ornament mottled and sprinkled panels of varying density separated by vegetal borders. Further with gold-tooled board edges and blue mottled page edges. Large folio. With an engraved frontispiece an engraved vignette on the title page the title printed in red and black a large armorial head-piece for the dedication and 60 full-page engraved plates by Bernard Picart. Large-paper copy of the first Dutch edition of a beautifully illustrated explanation of the classical fables sumptuously bound by the Three Acorn Bindery in Amsterdam fl. ca. 1756-1780/1806. Each chapter is dedicated to a single fable. It contains a Latin quotation from the original source primarily from Ovid but also Seneca Martial Lucan and Horace followed by a Dutch prose account of the fable an explanation of its meaning and scholarly notes. The 60 fine plates were designed and engraved by Bernard Picart 1673-1733 and his pupils. These engravings framed by elaborate rococo borders populated with scrollwork and mythological creatures not only represent Picarts final works but also his finest.The inspiration for the collection comes from Michel de Marolles' Tableaux du Temple des Muses 1655 but the texts were newly written for the present edition by Antoine de la Barre de Beaumarchais. The plates include a brief caption in French Dutch English and German likely so that they could be reused as Chatelain published editions in all four languages simultaneously. The French and German translations were published a second time in 1749 and 1754 respectively.The binding shows minor traces of use. The text leaves are somewhat browned and foxed but the plates are clean. Otherwise a fine large-paper copy in good condition.l Cat. Rijksmuseum Amst. I p. 170; STCN 182996409; cf. Cohen-De Ricci col. 531 French ed.; Storm van Leeuwen Dutch decorated bookbindings vol. I pp. 599-612 for the bindery and vol. III L358 for this binding. Zacharias Chatelain, hardcover
