LONGUS. Daphnis et Cloe. Translated into French by Sieur de Marcassus. Paris: Toussainct dy Bray, 1626.
8o (159 x 100 mm). Engraved frontispiece and 4 full-page engravings by Crispin de Passe. (Some pale browning.) 18th-century calf gilt, with the Bridgewater crest on covers (joints split). Provenance: William Ford (contemporary English ownership inscription); Thomas Egerton, Bridgewater Library (binding; bookplate); Philip Hofer (bookplate; gift inscription to the Vershbows in 1964).
A finely illustrated edition of Longus, with four full-page engravings by Crispin de Passe, from the Bridgewater-Hofer collections.
LONGUS. Daphnis et Cloe. Translated into French by Sieur de Marcassus. Paris: Toussainct dy Bray, 1626.
8o (159 x 100 mm). Engraved frontispiece and 4 full-page engravings by Crispin de Passe. (Some pale browning.) 18th-century calf gilt, with the Bridgewater crest on covers (joints split). Provenance: William Ford (contemporary English ownership inscription); Thomas Egerton, Bridgewater Library (binding; bookplate); Philip Hofer (bookplate; gift inscription to the Vershbows in 1964).
A finely illustrated edition of Longus, with four full-page engravings by Crispin de Passe, from the Bridgewater-Hofer collections.
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