XENOPHON - Les Amours d'Abrocome et d'Anthia, histoire éphésienne traduite de Xénophon par M.J., enrichie de - 1748

XENOPHON - Jourdan of Marseille (translator).

The Loves of Abrocome and Anthia, an Ephesus story translated from Xenophon by M.J., enriched with engraved illustrations with notes on geography, customs, and various practices of the ancients.

1748, without printer's name, (Paris).
1 volume, small octavo, bound in XXVIII-208 pages, from the period, full blond marbled calf binding, spine with 5 raised bands decorated with compartments, fillets, fleurons, friezes, numbering, and title, stamped in gold, red morocco title pieces, gilt fillet framing the covers.
Good overall condition, fresh interior, good specimen, superior cover superficially cracked at the lower end.

Illustrated work with 5 engraved plates (drawn by Humblot and engraved by Maisonneuve) and 5 steel-engraved vignettes.