From the Edition du Régent to the Inkblot Affair: a Century of the Longus novel in the French Illustrated Book
Our catalogue, “Daphnis and Chloe”, is dedicated to a book that single-handedly serves as a chronicle of the history of French book illustration of the 18th century. It is hard to overstate just how important the Ancient Greek novel by Longus became for the development of book art during the 1700s in France and beyond.
Katalog LXXXVI, Daphnis & Chloé: Heribert Tenschert, 2020. 455 pages with 320 colour illustrations, hardcover binding, large quarto. ISBN 978-3-906069-35-7
Compiled in this one-of-a-kind catalogue are the most stellar and singular copies from more than 40 editions published in France and the Netherlands between 1716-1810, which were the combined effort of the most gifted illustrators, typographers, and publishers of the “Age of the Vignette”. These include six copies printed on parchment - two of which contain an additional suite, enlarged and hand painted in gouache - as well as
