Eisen, Charles ; Boucher, François ; Gravelot,... Lot n° 834

BOCACCIO, Giovanni Contes. Traduction nouvelle, enrichie de belles gravures. London [Paris ?] s.n. 1779 10 vols. in-8°; engraved title, 10 fronts and 100 plates (some light foxing or spotting, light marg. wetness in some volumes, some ff. lightly browned in vols. III and VIII, some light concentrated spotting and marg. soiling in vol. III, small hole on p. 37 of vol. I, pl. 1 in vol. I and pl. 10 in vol. III almost entirely unbound). Bradel papier raciné 19th c., smooth spines with red maroq. etiquette (very slightly rubbed in places). First edition of this translation by Abbé Sabatier de Castres (1742-1817). Illustrated with 111 plates engraved by Vidal after Gravelot, Boucher, Cochin and Eisen: engraved title in vol. I, 10 frontispieces and 100 hors-texte, reduced copies of illustrations from the Italian or French editions of 1757 or 1757-1761. Ref. Cohen 161. - BGL I:830. - Brunet I:1007. - BnF. Prov. T. Heyndrickx (bookplate).