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LONDON : VIZETELLY AND CO Brown Cloth quarter binding with gilt blocked titles to spine and decorative paper covered boards, 220 x 155 mm approx. Bible brown end papers, xiv + 156 pp + 2 of publisher's adverts, Decorative Half Title, Illustrated Title, Decorative Full Title, 9 full page engravings from the designs of Prudhon and Gerard for the Amyot edition of 1800 by Pierre Didot and head and tailpieces from the designs of Philip of Orleans French Regent for the edition of 1718. Undated circa 1890's. The text follows the translation by Rev. C V Le Grice. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Good (Mild to moderate shelf wear with corner tips of boards exposed and bruised, pattern loss to edges of paper covering. Some general handling/dust soiling. No previous owner name, insc. or annotations. Binding sound with no cracks to end papers or other notable defects).
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DAPHNIS AND CHLOE A PASTORAL ROMANCE
by LONGUS (FROM THE GREEK OF)
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Daphnis and Chloe : A Pastoral Romance from the Greek of Longus.
by LONGUS
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London: Vizetelly & Co. [c. 1890.]. First edition, large 8vo, xii, [2], 155, [5]pp., illustrs., orig. decorated cloth, a little worn to extremities.
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Daphnis and Chloe, A Pastoral Romance
by Longus, with engravings after designs by Prudhon, Baron Gerard, and Philippe D'Orleans
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London: Vizetelly & Co, 1890. First Thus. . Hardcover. Good. Undated, c1890. First thus. Hardback, quarter cloth with paper covered boards. Gilt titling to spine. 22 × 14.5cm. xiii, 155pp + ads. Daphnis and Chloe was written in the 2nd or 3rd century CE and considered the first pastoral prose romance. It tells the story of two foundlings who are brought up by shepherds and who fall in love at an early age. The translation for this edition follows that of C V Le Grice, the illustrations from the 1800 Amyot Edition, and the head and tailpieces fromt he 1718 edition (see the introduction for more details). The book has nine full page plates. Condition: A good copy. There is rubbing to the corners, edges and spine ends, and a little tanning to the pages but this copy remains in strong readable condition.
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Daphnis and Chloe: A Pastoral Romance
by Longus
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London: Vizetelly & Co. , 1890. Cloth. Very Good. 8.5" by 6". Prudhon; Baron Gerard; Philippe D'Orleans. An illustrated translation of Longus' work considered the first pastoral prose romance. Illustrated with nine plates with tissue guards. Collated complete. Written in the second century, this work is considered the first pastoral prose romance, following two foundlings who fall in love before being kidnapped and separated. Translated into English from the original Greek of Longus, an ancient Greek author. Illustrated by Prudhon, Baron Gerard, and Philippe D'Orleans. In the original quarter green cloth with paper covered boards. Externally, sound with light shelf wear and rubbing to the extremities. Fading to the spine and the odd mark to the board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd handling mark and age toning to the endpapers. Very Good
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Daphnis and Chloe: A Pastoral Romance from the Greek of Longus
by Longus
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London: Vizetelly & Co., 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 155p. ill. Notes; Illustrated with copper-plate engravings after designs by Prudhon, Baron Gerard, and Phillippe D'Orleans, Regent of France. No date listed. Notes; Longus. Greek literature. Pastoral Romance. Genres; text. classical literature. illustrated.
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Daphnis and Chloe, a Pastoral Romance; Tr. from the Greek. Illus. with Copper-Plate Engravings after Designs by Prudhon [And Others]
by Longus. [Prudhon]
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London, Vizetelly, 1890. 1st Edition in this form. Hardback. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked and elaborately gilt-bordered cloth. Slightest suggestion only of rubbing and dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 155 pages; Description: xii, 155 p. Illus. 22 cm. Printed on hand-made paper. Subjects: Daphnis (Greek mythology) --Fiction.
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Daphnis and Chloe: A Pastoral Romance
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London: Vizetelly & Co, 1885. hardcover. Prudhon, Baron Gerard, and Philippe d'Orleans. Translated from the Greek. Illustrated with copper-plate engravings after designs by Prudhon, Baron Gerard, and Philippe d'Orleans. xii, 155 pages. 8vo, handsomely rebound by Morrell in 3/4 brown polished calf with ornate gilt-decorated spine; rubbed at extremities and chipped at head of spine. London: Vizetelly & Co, no date (circa 1885). A very good(+) copy with charming ownership bookplate.<br/> <br/>
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Daphnis and Chloe; A Most Sweet, and Pleasant Pastoral Romance for Young Ladies, translated out of the Greek of Longus by Geo. Thornley
by Maillol, Aristide / Longus
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London: A. Zwemmer [printed in Paris by Philippe Gonin], 1937. Limited Edition. Fine. Aristide Maillol (1861-1944). 8vo, 7 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. (200 x 132 mm); pp. [6 (blank)] + vi +211 + colophon + [12 (blank)]; Copy 21 of 250 numbered copies on hand-made Maillol paper and SIGNED BY THE ARTIST on the colophon, with 52 original woodcuts, and 4 woodcut initials, printed in bistre; leading and bottom edges deckled. Full vellum with laced-in thongs, gilt lettering on spine, faint; pencil notations and tipped in label from earlier booksellers on inside front cover, edges stained on first 2 and last 2 blanks. EXTRA SUITE of 45 WOODCUTS in a separate vellum portfolio, printed in black. Fine copy in simple cardboard slipcase. Colophon: "Aristide Maillol engraved with his own hand the wood-cuts which illustrate this book, The text is that of Thronley's translation of 1657, revised and augmented. Philippe Gonin of Paris undertook the achievement of this work, and printed it on his hand-press, for A. Zwemmer,…
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