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PARNY, Evariste.
The War of the Ancient and Modern Gods…
In Paris, published by P. Didot the Elder. Year VII (1798–1799).
Fees include commission and taxes.
The War of the Ancient and Modern Gods…
In Paris, published by P. Didot the Elder. Year VII (1798–1799).
12mo, (2) folios, 175 pp., 10 plates. 19th-century fawn morocco, decorated raised-rib spine, title label with border and blue date, richly decorated panels, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, double gilt fillet on the headbands and footbands, gilt scrolls and fillets on the cap bands, gilt edges, [Chambolle-Duru] (slight foxing on some leaves).
Nordmann, II, 405. Gay, Bibliography of Works on Love, 144.
First edition.
A fine copy, very well bound.
With ten original erotic engravings by Jules-Adolphe Chauvet (1829–1898), engraved in black on copper and created for the poems of Évariste Parny (1753–1814).
An essential masterpiece in the history of erotic art.
A satirical poem of genuine poetic talent and free-spirited imagery, for which first editions that remain uncensored are highly sought after, as all editions published after 1804 have undergone considerable cuts.
“A work as critical as it is free, yet in which a first-rate poetic talent shines through; it is considered the finest poem in the French language, after Voltaire’s La Pucelle” (Gay)