With Plates by Moreau
Lettres ê Emilie sur la Mythologie.
Paris: Furne, 1860.
Price: $200.00
About the item
Moreau le Jeune. In six parts. Illustrated with 12 engraved plates by Doheny drawings by Moreau le Jeune, printed on mounted India proofs. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. With Plates by Moreau. Half citron morocco and marbled boards, richly gilt spine with leather label, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. Minor scuff marks to spine, otherwise fine.
Item #54709
Demoustier's letters to a schoolgirl on the sometimes delicate and racy myths of the Greeks were all the rage at the end of the 18th century, and his book went through several editions -- with the Moreau plates they are racy indeed.
