Carracci

1798 · ref. FGN13-B-12 — Paris: A La Nouvelle Cythere 1798. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 12.5" by 9.5". None. A French description of the series of erotic engraved plates. Containing the descriptions only and bound in full calf. A French description of the series of erotic engraved plates depicting pairs of lovers in different positions of intercourse. Missing the twenty engraved plates by Carrachi and containing the text only. The plates depict couples and scenes from mythology including Jupiter and Juno Anthony and Cleopatra and Ovid sand Corinne. I Modi The Ways also known as The Sixteen Pleasures or under the Latin title De omnibus Veneris Schematibus is a famous erotic book of the Italian Renaissance in which a series of sexual positions were explicitly depicted in engravings. While the original edition was apparently completely destroyed by the Catholic Church fragments of a later edition survived. The second edition was accompanied by sonnets written by Pietro Aretino which described the sexual acts depicted. The original illustrations were probably copied by Agostino Caracci whose version survives. In a calf binding with gilt dentelles. Externally smart though with some rubbing and marks. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with just the odd patch of foxing. Very Good Indeed A La Nouvelle Cythere hardcover