GESSNER, Salomon Lot n° 26

Mort d'Abel, poem by Gessner, translated by Hubert Paris, Defer de Maisonneuve, 1793 In-4 (338 x 252mm). Translation by Michel Huber ILLUSTRATION: a frontispiece and 5 plates engraved by Colibert, Casenave and Clément, after drawings by Nicolas-André Monsiau CONDITION: figures "before page numbers" (Cohen-de Ricci) BINDINGS from the first half of the 19th c. Green chagrin spine, green percaline boards Spine rubbed, brown spots BIBLIOGRAPHY: Cohen-de Ricci, col. 436