Petits Poemes Erotiques L'Art D'Aimer de 1761 Gentil-Bernard 1st Ed Leather Bound Book
The Art of Loving and Miscellaneous Poems
Full title: Petits Poemes Erotiques Du XVIII Siecle, L'Art D'Aimer de Gentil-Bernard
Notice et Notes Par F De Donville
Author: Pierre-Joseph Bernard (1708 – 1775), called Gentil-Bernard by Voltaire for the measured grace of his discreetly erotic verses, was a French military man and salon poet with the reputation of a rake, the author of several libretti for Rameau. Mme de Pompadour arranged to have him appointed a royal librarian, at the château de Choisy, where she had a little pavilion built for him. (Wikipedia)
Publisher: Garnier Freres, Libraires - Editeurs, Paris 6, Rue Des Saints-Peres 6
Published: 1761
First edition
376 pages
Language: French
Leather wrapped spline raised ribs and gilted titling. Marbled boards and liner pages.
Very good condition. Firm binding. All pages secure. Foxing in genral. Endpages also marbled.
7 1/8" x 4 3/4"
15 oz
SKU 6521.2