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by Solomon Gessner

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Paris: Chez Le Prieur, 1807. One of many translated and illustrated editions first published in German in 1758 . 12mo. 295, 1, table , 4, publisher’s catalogue pp. Eight engraved plates. Gessner 1730-1788 was “the most successful and typical representative of a rococo movement. His pastorals were translated into 20 languages” Britannica online . Contemporary sprinkled calf, leather label and gilt rules and ornaments on spine, edges

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