TASSE (LE) - Aminta, favola boscareccia di Torquato. Paris, - Lot 408

TASSE (LE) - Aminta, favola boscareccia di Torquato. Paris, Prault, 1768. In-12, front, engraved title, 48 pp. (Vita di Lorenzo Lippi), XLVIII, 143 pp. 7 vignettes, red marble, spine ribbed, int. dent. and gilt tr. (Belz-Niedrée). COHEN 979. At the head, a Life of the painter and writer Lorenzo Lippi (1606-1664) by Filippo Baldinucci, first published in Florence in 1640. In his painting he was inspired by Tasso. Front. engraved by Legrand after Eisen and seven vignettes engraved by Aveline after Cochin. (Included:) 22. WIELAND, Christoph Martin - Musarion ou la philosophie des Grâces, poem in three songs by Wieland. Translated from the German by M. de Laveaux. Basel, J. J. Thurneysen, 1780, in-8, (1) f., 93 pp. in red half-marble with corners, spine ornamented, gilt head (E. Bosquet). COHEN 1067. Frontispiece, 3 figures and 3 culs-de-lampe engraved by Holzhalb after Saint-Quentin. First edition of this translation. (Included:) 9. GRASSET-SAINT-SAUVEUR, Jacques - Le Sérail ou Histoire des intrigues secrettes et amoureuses des Femmes du Grand Seigneur. Paris, Deroy, 1796. 2 vols. in-16, XIV, 148 pp. ; X, 132 pp. 8 figs. t., half-bas. à la bradel, smooth spine decorated. The figures engraved in intaglio are by the author himself. (We enclose :) 4. DEMOUSTIER, C.-A. - Letters to Emilie on mythology. Last ed. Paris, 1790. 4 parts in one vol. pet. in-12, 4 front. engravings by Queverdo dated 1793, mar. bleu nuit, triple fil. dor. on the boards, spine with ornamented nerves, dent. int. and tr. dor. (E. Bonleu). (Set. 5 vols.)