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Tall 8vo, pp. engraved title, pp. [xii], 84, with 4 full-page engravings and
five half page engraved vignettes after LeClerc; printed on 'stout Dutch
paper' (Lewine), occasional light brownig; contemporary full mottled
calf, triple gilt fillet to sides, flat spine gilt, with gilt-lettered spine label,
a.e.g; an attractive copy.
First edition of this erotic poem illustrated with charming vignettes and engravings
by after LeClerc, executed by Arrivet, Halbou, Legrand, Leroy and Patas. The work is
dedicated to the princess de Lamballe with her arms included in the first vignette,
and her portrait on the engraved frontispiece and the last vignette. The princesse de
Lamballe (1749-1792) was a confidante of Marie Antoinette's and was guillotined in
17892.
'The plates, though fine, are lacking in grace; on the other hand the tailpieces are
superb, particularly the one said to represent the head dressed with plumes of the illfated
princess de Lambelle. The original drawings of the frontispiece and the heraldic
vignette form part of the collection of M. Portalis' (Lewine). "Belles illustrations, bien
qu'un peu lourdes; les culs-de-lampe sont superbes" (Cohen-R. 376-7).
The poem was reprinted in 1780 and numerous times in the nineteenth century.
Cioranescu 28418; ; Cohen-Ricci 376; Gay- Lemonier III, 903; Lewine 179; Sander 644;
uncommon, OCLC lists copies at Yale, Williams College, Rotterdam, National
Library of Sweden, and Munich.
Fournier's Magnificent Type Specimen
25.
FOURNIER. Pierre Simon. Manuel Typographique, utile aux Gens de
Lettres, & à ceux qui exercent les différents parties de l'Art de
l'Imprimerie. Par Fournier, le jeune. Tome I [-II]. Paris, the Author, J.
Barbou, 1764/1766 [vere 1768]. £ 4800
Two volumes, 8vo, pp. [iv] two engraved frontispieces, xxxii, 323, [1]
errata, [4] privilege, and 8 folding engraved plates; [iv] frontispiece and
title, xliv, [ii], 306, and 8 folding engraved plates, pages 177-186 as foldout
pages with printed music; type specimen printed within decorative
border; contemporary full calf, spine decoratively gilt, with two giltlettered
labels and numbering pieces, sides with greek rule, gilt
dentelles, a.e.g.; a little rubbing to joints, front free endpaper removed; a
fine copy, with engraved book-plate to front pastedown.
First edition, a fine copy, Fournier's masterpiece, a magnificent type specimen, which
is regarded as 'the most important book on French eighteenth century typography'
(Birrell & Garnett 37) and his types dominated European printing for fifty years
(PMM II, 112). It includes 186 pages of specimens of type and 101 alphabets, ancient
and modern, and was 'intended to explain to the layman the intricacies and nuances