FLORIAN - Estelle, roman pastoral. Paris, De l'imprimerie de - Lot 452

FLORIAN - Estelle, roman pastoral. Paris, De l'imprimerie de Monsieur, 1788; in-8, frontispiece by Queverdo engraved by Dambrun, 420 pp, bound in contemporary full marbled calf, smooth ornate spine, green morocco title-pieces, painted edges. First edition without the engravings by Moreau published some time later. Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian is a French writer considered the greatest French fabulist after La Fontaine. A nobleman of Spanish descent on his mother's side, he was arrested during the French Revolution and died shortly after his release. Inspired by Daphnis et Chloé, this bucolic novel is set on the banks of the Gardon river, in the beau-Rivage valley between Anduze and Massane, during the reign of Louis XII. Good condition.