FLORIAN. - Estelle. - Galatée. - Mélanges de poésie... Lot 24

FLORIAN. - Estelle. - Galatée. - Mélanges de poésie et de littérature. Paris, Imprimerie de Guilleminet, Librairie économique, an IX (1801). 3 vols. In-12, long-grained red morocco, gilt roulette framing, ornate smooth spine, interior roulette, gilt edges (Rosa). - Estelle: frontispiece engraved by Patas after Monsiau, and 6 figures by Queverdo, all in two states: in black and in color. Endpapers missing. - Galatée: unsigned frontispiece and 4 figures, in two states: black and color. Enriched with a suite of 4 colored figures engraved by Guyard after Flouest. - Mélanges: frontispiece engraved by Dupréel after Racan, and 6 figures by Queverdo, all in two states: in black and in color. A delightful copy enriched with the color figures, in a delicate binding by bookseller and bookbinder Frédéric-Guillaume Rosa (1760?-1832). Rosa, who was active between 1812 and 1830, also published a number of attractive almanacs. A few pale freckles and stains. Minor rubbing, spine very slightly faded. Bibliography: Cohen 398, 400, 401.