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SEDAINE, Michel Jean
"La Tentation de Saint Antoine ornée de Figures et de Musique"
London. 1781. 19.5 x 12.5 cm.
Two parts in one volume. Second part: Le Potpourri de Loth. 18 partly erotic copper engraved plates by Francois Roland Elluin after Antoine Borel. A total of 50 pages. Leather binding with gold embossing, gilt edges, marbled endpapers.
The plates show the temptations of St. Anthony with demons, snakes, dragons and naked women. Sodom in flames and the incest between Loth and his daughters. * Partner auction miner.
Literature : Saur (1996).
Provenance : Formerly collection Joseph Eduard Drexel, 1896 Munich - 1976 Nuremberg, publisher. 1945 founder of the daily newspaper : Nürnberger Nachrichten.
Limit 240 €
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Hammer price 300.00 €
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