[Rarebooks] FS: THE DEATH OF ABEL with 6 lovely illustrations by Thomas Stothard, 1797

[Charles Agvent]

GESSNER, Salomon. THE DEATH OF ABEL IN FIVE BOOKS ATTEMPTED FROM THE 
GERMAN OF MR. GESSNER. London: T. Heptinstall, 1797. Quarto (6" x 10") 
bound in contemporary tree calf leather with generous margins; xi, 275 
pages. Illustrated with a portrait, an engraved title page, and 6 lovely 
plates by Thomas Stothard, four of which illustrate the title work and 
two that illustrate Gessner's NEW IDYLLS which also includes A LETTER TO 
M. FUSLIN ON LANDSCAPE PAINTING and THE TWO FRIENDS OF BOURBON, A MORAL 
TALE, BY M. DIDEROT. Joints split with the front cover loose but one 
cord holding firm. Spine chipped an inch at the head with loss, less at 
heel. Contents lightly aged but clean and fresh. (#003530)        $100.00

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