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Erotica
Pierre François Hughes d' Hancarville
Monuments de la vie privée des douze Cesars. Monuments of the secret cult of Roman ladies., 1780
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€ 200 - 400
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Caprées: chez Sabellus [ie Nancy: Leclerc], 1780-84. In 4°. 2 parts in 1 volume. Two engraved frontispieces, with 100 numbered engraving plates (50 for each volume), marbled flyleaves, marginal restoration on p. 173, light foxing, some light staining, 19th-century red half morocco binding, gilt titles and decorations on the four-ribbed spine, some minor defects. Handwritten bookplate on the flyleaf: Ex libris Feillet.
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First editions of illustrated erotic works attributed to D'Hancarville, an art scholar active in Naples, where he devoted himself to analyzing the famous collection of antiquities of Ambassador William Hamilton (1730–1803). The engravings, focusing on erotic subjects related to the "spintrien" movement, were created by Denon.
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