The loves of Mirtil son of Adonis a pastoral.
London: 1770. 12mo (169x100mm). Engraved title-page, 6 engraved plates by J. Caldwell after H. Gravelot. Later cloth-backed boards. first edition in English of this pastoral libertine romance: translated from the anonymous “Les amours de Mirtil” (?Paris: 1761). Cf. for the original edition: Cohen/de Ricci 77; Gay I,150; Tchemerzine-Scheler, III, 340.
The loves of Mirtil son of Adonis a pastoral.
London: 1770. 12mo (169x100mm). Engraved title-page, 6 engraved plates by J. Caldwell after H. Gravelot. Later cloth-backed boards. first edition in English of this pastoral libertine romance: translated from the anonymous “Les amours de Mirtil” (?Paris: 1761). Cf. for the original edition: Cohen/de Ricci 77; Gay I,150; Tchemerzine-Scheler, III, 340.
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