LONGUS, LES AMOURS PASTORALES DE DAPHNIS ET CHLOE

LONGUS, LES AMOURS PASTORALES DE DAPHNIS ET CHLOE, no ed., no pl., 1751. In 12mo, p. xii,153,xx notes. Engraved frontispiece, engraved title vignette, 7 full-page copper etchings, along with headbands and initials throughout.\n\nA lovely, finely enhanced edition by Longus, a Greek author about whom virtually nothing is known. The author sets the scene of his novel by showing himself to have been inspired by a painting seen in Lesbos, in the sacred wood of the Nymphs. The choice of this island as

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