436
"Les Heures de Paphos. Contes Moraux par un Sacrificateur de Vénus"
1787. 22,5 x 15,5 cm.
Eight erotic copper plates and a title copper after Claude Louis Desrais. 24 text leaves engraved on both sides. Leather binding stamped in gilt, gilt edges, marbled endpapers. Upper cover defective at one corner.
Desrais, 1746 Paris - 1816 Paris, draftsman and painter. Studied at the Academy in Paris from 1764. Pupil of Francesco Casanova. * Partner auction Bergmann.
Literature : Saur (2000).
Provenance : Formerly collection Joseph Eduard Drexel, 1896 Munich - 1976 Nuremberg, publisher. 1945 founder of the daily newspaper : Nürnberger Nachrichten.
Limit 900 €
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