Author: LONGUS.
Title: Longou Poimenikon ton kata Daphnin kai Chloen bibloi tettares cum Proloquio de libris eroticis antiquorum.
Description: Parmae Ex regio typographeio [Ioh. Bapt. Bodonius] 1786. Folio, 303 x 215 mms., pp. [viii], lxxiii [lxxiv blank, lxxv drop-title, lxxvi blank], 164, engraved vignette on title-page and on page [v] of prelims, recent full calf, gilt rules on spine, red morocco label, top edges gilt; some very minor blemishes on binding but a very good to fine copy. The typeface here is that designed by Giambattista Bodoni (1740–1813) in the late eighteenth century, following in the tradition of the Baskerville Press. "Bodoni admired the work of John Baskerville[6] and studied in detail the designs of French type founders Pierre Simon Fournier and Firmin Didot. Although he drew inspiration from the work of these designers,[7] above all from Didot, no doubt Bodoni found his own style for his typefaces, which deservedly gained worldwide acceptance among printers" (Wikipedia). The text is in Greek, with the introductory matter about erotic literature decently obscured in Latin. Several colleagues in the trade note that 150 copies were printed on blue paper, with 10 printed on Annonnay and 10 on double ducal paper. I think the paper in this instance is double ducal.

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