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LOUVET DE COUVRAY, Jean-Baptiste (1760-1797)

Lot 99
22.11.2023 14:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 99 | LOUVET DE COUVRAY, Jean-Baptiste (1760-1797)
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LOUVET DE COUVRAY, Jean-Baptiste (1760-1797)

Les amours du chevalier de Faublas. Paris : Tardieu, 1821.

Bel exemplaire en maroquin rouge avec les gravures en trois états. L'édition originale de l'ouvrage parut en plusieurs parties sous différents titres entre 1787 et 1790. Homme politique, libraire et journaliste, Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvray publia pusieurs livres, dont un plaidoyer en faveur du divorce et du mariage des prêtres. Carteret, III, p. 397 ; Gay-Lemonnier, I, col.176 ("la plus belle des nombreuses éditions de ce roman").



4 vol. in-8 (211 x 129 mm). Illustré de 8 gravures d'après Collin, chacune en 3 états (dont l'eau-forte pure et avant la lettre). Reliure uniforme signée Thouvenin : maroquin rouge à long grain, losange central orné à froid et petits fers dorés, encadré d'un large décor à froid et filet doré, dos à nerfs orné de petits fers à froid et roulettes dorées, tranches dorées.

Provenance : Alexis de Redé (ex-libris)



Beautiful copy in a red-morocco binding by Thouvenin, with the plates in 3 states.

Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
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