The Kisses (Les Baisers): Preceded by the Month of May (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Dorat, Claude Joseph

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1334673640 ISBN 13: 9781334673641

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2019

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Excerpt from The Kisses (Les Baisers): Preceded by the Month of May

Eisen's original drawings for Les Baisers and Le Mois de Mai, as well as Marillier's designs for the Fables, are now the property of Baron Gustave de Rothschild, whose father, Baron James de Rothschild, secured the drawings of the Fables five-and-thirty years ago, before the fashion for collecting eighteenth century works of art had set in, for the very moderate sum of francs.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from The Kisses (Les Baisers): Preceded by the Month of May

IN the eighteenth century a perfect furore prevailed in France for publishing choice editions of celebrated works, more or less profusely illustrated with finely engraved cop per-plates, after the graceful if occasionally meretricious designs of such well-known artists as Eisen, Gravelot, Maril lier, Cochin, Moreau, Boucher, and others. The first work published in this style was The Decameron of Boccaccio, issued in 1757, with illustrations by Gravelot, Boucher, and Eisen. The great success it met with led to a very general production of standard works in somewhat similar form and not only were masterpieces, which had stood the test of time, enshrined in this elegant fashion, but living writers sought to perpetuate their renown by issuing.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1334673640
• ISBN 13: 9781334673641
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 136