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    By Salomon Gessner; W. Hooper [trans.]; M. Diderot
    London   S. Hooper
    11.5" by 8" [7], 2-129pp
    Illustrated throughout with engraved plates and vignettes, this is the first English language translation of Salomon Gessner's charming pastoral poetry.
    By Salomon Gessner; W. Hooper [trans.]; M. Diderot

    1776 New Idylles

    London   S. Hooper
    11.5" by 8" [7], 2-129pp
    Illustrated throughout with engraved plates and vignettes, this is the first English language translation of Salomon Gessner's charming pastoral poetry.
    £340.00
    : 1.5kgs / : 979F7
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    Description

    First Edition, Illustrated, Leather Binding

    The first English language translation of Salomon Gessner's 'Idyllen', translated from the original German by W. Hooper.

    Illustrated with an engraved title page, and with nine plates by Sparrow or Chambars after Gessner, alongside further engraved vignettes. 

    Collated, complete.

    ESTC T94317

    Retaining half title.

    Including a letter to M. Fuslin, on landscape painting, and the 'Two friends of Bourbon, a Moral Tale', by M. Diderot.

    Rebacked, retaining original endpapers.

    In his poetry, Gessner represents the Enlightenment era's artistic and intellectual trends, focusing on idealized natural landscapes and simple rural life.

    Condition

    Rebacked, in a full calf binding. Retaining original boards and endpapers. Significant rubbing to fore edge of boards, with small losses of calf to back strip head and tail. Joint heads and tails starting, with boards a touch tender. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright.

    Very Good

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