Green Moroccan leather by Belz Niédrée - Lot 52

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Green Moroccan leather by Belz Niédrée - Lot 52
Green Moroccan leather by Belz Niédrée [DORAT (Claude Joseph)] *Les baisers*, preceded by *Le Mois de Mai*, a poem. The Hague, Lambert; Delalain, 1770. In-8; illustrated with 2 separate plates (including one as a frontispiece), 2 separate vignettes, 22 headpieces, and 22 tailpieces, all by EISEN. Minor pinholes in places. Green morocco leather signed BELZ NIÉDRÉE, decorated raised spine, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, double gilt fillet on the edges, gilt lace lining, lined endpapers, gilt edges. A fine copy. An 18th-century masterpiece. To fully appreciate its ravishing illustrations, one should seek out copies printed on Grand Papier de Hollande with titles in red and black (as here). One of the most beautiful illustrations of the 18th century (Cohen, 309).
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