Amours de Diane et d'Endymion, Les. Marcilly. Paris. [1819]. >>13 sublime miniature engravings<<

Engraved title-page, 6 pages of French calendar for 1820, 20 printed pages in French including 6 full-page copper engraved illustrations, 23 separately paginated pages of engraved musical notation, then pages 43-62 of text including 7 more full-page engravings, and finally the final 6 pages of the calendar. All text with ribbon borders. The verses are octaves of eight syllables each, rhyming ABBA,CDDC. or  iambic tetrameter. These octosyllabic lines contain four sets of two syllables. In each set, the first syllable is unstressed, and the second is stressed. The story is that of the hunting goddess, Diana.  Some pages with minuscule loss due to binder's trimming the lower edge. All edges gilt. Extensive contemporary and later ownership inscriptions in ink on front endpapers. Provenance: Rosalie Marmeville and descendants (Holland, Rouen, and Paris). An interesting family history is written out in short on these pages, finishing in 1982. 59 x 96 mm. Contemporary full red leather binding; spine with scrolling gilt design of vines; covers with empire style gilt borders of swags and chevrons. In matching slipcase. Slipcase somewhat rubbed and faded. Not in Bondy, nor Grand-Carteret, nor Spielmann, nor Welsh. Bibliothèque Nationale de France has the only copy located in WorldCat worldwide and that copy is dated 1814.