Bidspirit auction | Oeuvres de Gessner., 4 vol.

Oeuvres de Gessner., 4 vol. in two books, engraved portrait of Gessner, 1803, Paris, in French, Luxury ed. Nouvelle edition. Vol.1-2 - 102 – 212 pp., 189 pp. engraved portrait of Gessner in first volume. Vol. 3-4 – 214 pp., 202 pp. Leather binding with gold lettering and decorations, gold edges, marmoreal endpapers. size: 14 x 9 cm. Good condition. Some rubbing to edges of cover; light browning to endpapers. Total weight: 420 gr. Salomon Gessner (1730–1788) was a Swiss painter, graphic artist, government official, newspaper publisher and poet; best known in the latter instance for his Idylls.