ARTUS, Thomas, sieur d’Embry. Description de l’isle des Hermaphrodites.Cologne [Bruxelles], Chez les héritiers de Herman Demen [Foppens], 1724
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Description
8vo, mm. 165x100; Contemporary marbled calf binding, spine with golden ribs, marbled endpapers, tagli a spruzzo; pp. [9, including Frontispiece and Titlepage], 352. Titlepage in red and black ink with Printer’s device, woodcut Initials, Headpieces and Finals. Frontispiece depicts an androgynous being of the sixteenth century in fashionable dress. Ex Libris emblazoned engraved on copper pasted to the first inside cover.
BEAUTIFUL SECOND ÉDITION of the first French dystopia. The work, written well enough to be compared to satire Menippean, describes a trip to an island where they live effeminate utopian characters, rouged, devoted to parties and pleasures: it is a biting satire that describes the turmoil of the court of Henri III
BnF, Utopie, n. 108; Gibson 6101; Guide 49-51; Weller, Falsche Druckorte, II, p. 88; Caillet 10658; Barbier, I, 893-94; Gay, 602. Cfr. Lise Leibacher-Ouvrard, "Decadent Dandies and Distopian Gender-Blending," *Utopian Studies*, 11.1 (2000), 124-131.
Condition Report: good copy. Il lotto viene venduto provvisto di licenza d'esportazione.THE LOT IS OFFERED WITH A VALID EXPORT LICENCE
BEAUTIFUL SECOND ÉDITION of the first French dystopia. The work, written well enough to be compared to satire Menippean, describes a trip to an island where they live effeminate utopian characters, rouged, devoted to parties and pleasures: it is a biting satire that describes the turmoil of the court of Henri III
BnF, Utopie, n. 108; Gibson 6101; Guide 49-51; Weller, Falsche Druckorte, II, p. 88; Caillet 10658; Barbier, I, 893-94; Gay, 602. Cfr. Lise Leibacher-Ouvrard, "Decadent Dandies and Distopian Gender-Blending," *Utopian Studies*, 11.1 (2000), 124-131.
Condition Report: good copy. Il lotto viene venduto provvisto di licenza d'esportazione.THE LOT IS OFFERED WITH A VALID EXPORT LICENCE
