Author: MEURSIUS, J. [CHORIER, Nicolas]
Title: Elegantiae Latini Sermonis seu Aloisia Sigaea Toletana. De arcanis Armoris & Veneris. Adjunctis Fragmentis quibusdam Eroticis. Pars Prima [- Secunda]... [GRAF D'ESTAING], Fututor effoetus. Elegia. [from page 109 2nd volume].
Description: Lugd. Batavorum [=Paris], Ex Typis Elzevirianis [but: Grangé or Barbou Paris], [Corbie & Moet?], 1774. Sm 8vo. [appr. 12 x 18 cm]. 2 parts in 1 vol. W. engr. front. ['Judicium Veneris', unsigned.]. Engraved title. (Front. & title some foxing/browning.). Fine french 19th c. bibliophile signed binding by David in full blrown crushed mor., spine in 6 compartments, elegant giltlettering 'Elzev. 1774'. Fine inside dentelles, lovely marbled endp. Signed '..David' upper lefthand top corner of verso upper free endp. Covers w. double and single giltruled line borders. Edges of covers w. single giltruled line. All edges of the bookblack gilt. (lower cover some scratches.). [n1, *1, a8, b3, A - N8, O2; n1, a1, 2A - 2K8, 2L6]. (II, XXIV, 211, I (blank); IV, 172 pp.). (A few spots here and there, some light occasional yellowing.). (Fine handmarbled endp.). (Ex bibl. Dr. Danyau; ex coll. van Dijk). Willems, 2178: Berghman, ...: C....: Aloisia Bibl., 24: Brunet vol. III, c 1686: Gay-Lemonnier, vol. II, p. 720: Cohen de Ricci, p. 239, '... beau frontispiece, non signé, qui parait être de Gravelot. ... on a de tout temps attribué à Nicolas Chorier, auteur de l'Histoire générale du Dauphiné, ce livre erotique é crit dans un Latin élégant. ..'.: Pia, 327: Kearney, 381: Devauchelle, Roger [1961], La Reliure en France, vol. III, p. 269: 'Lucien Magnin. Lyon. Établi en 1885, quai de Retz.': Devauchelle, R. [1995], La Reliure, pp. 270, 280: 'Les principaux relieurs du début du XXe siècle furent: Affolter, Blanchetière, Bretault, Canapé, Carayon, Chambolle, DAVID... Magnin, Meunier, Mercier, Noulhac...':According to the 'Aloisia' Bibliography this edition is the 'umfangreichste lateinische Ausgabe der Aloisia im 18. Jahrhundert.' [The most extensive latin edition in the 18th century].: The engraved frontispiece possibly by Gravelot [see Cohen / de Ricci], see also Ray, Gordon N., The Art of the French illustrated book 1700 - 1914, vol. I, pp. 36 - 50; Other candidates for the engr. front. [According to Apollinaire] Cochin, Eisen or Marillier:

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