Arabesques mythologiques, ou les attributs de toutes les divinités de la fable. Paris: Charles Barrois, 1810. 8vo (200 x 120 mm). [4], xxx, 166 pp. With 54 color-printed stipple-engraved plates. Period straight-grained morocco gilt. Extremities rubbed. Provenance: Sibirskaya University Library (inkstamp on title in Russian); a Stroganoff baron (anonymous armorial bookplate); shelfmark "645" in manuscript on title and head of spine; Robert MacKenzie Waggaman [1912-1981] (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. An odd but charming work, intended for the education of the young, in which each pagan god's name is incorporated into a decorative device featuring their attributes.
Arabesques mythologiques, ou les attributs de toutes les divinités de la fable. Paris: Charles Barrois, 1810. 8vo (200 x 120 mm). [4], xxx, 166 pp. With 54 color-printed stipple-engraved plates. Period straight-grained morocco gilt. Extremities rubbed. Provenance: Sibirskaya University Library (inkstamp on title in Russian); a Stroganoff baron (anonymous armorial bookplate); shelfmark "645" in manuscript on title and head of spine; Robert MacKenzie Waggaman [1912-1981] (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. An odd but charming work, intended for the education of the young, in which each pagan god's name is incorporated into a decorative device featuring their attributes.
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