Le Temple de Gnide

Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, Baron de

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Titre : Le Temple de Gnide

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Chez le Mire Graveur, Paris, 1772. Late nineteenth century full dark green morocco by Cuzin, title direct to spine which is decorated with daisies within double ruled panels with floral spray cornerpieces and separated by raised tooled bands; the boards ornately embellished with floral sprays, birds within orbs, spherical tools and stars projecting outwards from the panel which is formed by a dog-tooth border, french fillet and a tooled rule; gilt edges and inner dentelles; marbled endpapers; aeg; housed within the original slipcase; 8vo. New edition. Frontispiece; pictorial title; coat-of-arms; nine full page plates engraved by N. le Mire from drawings by Charles Eisen; text engraved by Drouot. With a bookplate.This scarce, early work which was published anonymously was inspired by the author's lover, the Marquise de Grave. It is a mildly indecent erotic fantasy which was also a satire on the court of the infant Louis XV. It originally appeared in the periodical, Bibliothèque Francaise, published in Amsterdam in 1724. Purporting to be a translation from the original Greek, the narrator describes Aphrodite's temple at Gnide as well as a visit to the Cave of Jealousy and the healthy atmosphere of the Temple of Bacchus. N° de réf. du libraire CB20022