DEMOUSTIER (C.-A.). Letters to Émilie on mythology.... Lot 45

DEMOUSTIER (C.-A.). Letters to Émilie on mythology. A Paris, chez A.-A. Renouard, 1801. 3 vols. in-8, contemporary havana calf with roots and glaze, smooth and ornamented spine, red and green morocco title and gilt roulette bordering the boards, edges speckled (one tail cap and one corner dulled, slight rubbing). Edition illustrated with 36 hors-texte figures engraved by P. Audoin after C. Monnet. There is no plate n° 12, but two different plates bear the n° 1. At the end of the first volume, 2 plates added and reassembled (with traces of glue). A wide-margined copy. (Cohen 283).