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CUROSIA.
FAVRE (Abbot of).
The Four Hours of the Ladies’ Toilet, an erotic poem in four cantos…
Paris, Jean-François Bastien, 1779.
The Four Hours of the Ladies’ Toilet, an erotic poem in four cantos…
Paris, Jean-François Bastien, 1779.
8vo, (6) leaves including an engraved title page, 84 pp., 4 plates. 19th-century burgundy morocco, ribbed spine, author, title and date in gold, richly decorated panels, double gold fillet on the headbands and footbands, triple gold fillet framing the covers, gold roulettes and fillets on the chases, gilt edges [Pouillet] (paper very slightly oxidised).
Cohen, pp. 376–377.
First edition.
The illustrations consist of a frontispiece title page, a vignette at the head of the dedication, 4 loose plates and 4 large tailpieces; all etched after Leclerc by Arrivet, Halbou, Le Roy, Louis Le Grand and Patas.
An edition notable for its superb end-plate illustrations, as described by Cohen, particularly “that of the 3rd canto, which is said to depict the feather-crowned head of the Princesse de Lamballe, is particularly curious, given the tragic end of this lady.” (in retrospect).
She was the dedicatee of the work.
A copy on fine, heavily laid paper in an elegant morocco binding by Pouillet.