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Item specifics
- Condition
- Type
- Book
- Publication Name
- See Title
- Publish Year
- 2013
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- France
- ISBN
- 9780789211477
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Abbeville Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0789211475
ISBN-13
9780789211477
eBay Product ID (ePID)
159832154
Product Key Features
Book Title
Libertine : the Art of Love in Eighteenth-Century France
Number of Pages
496 Pages
Language
English
Topic
European / French, General
Publication Year
2013
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Literary Criticism, Art, Literary Collections
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
2 in
Item Weight
128.1 Oz
Item Length
12.5 in
Item Width
9.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2013-023285
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
The eighteenth century seems to flirt everywhere: in salons, boudoirs, forests; on screens, earthenware, and fans; and the bodies are posed at the reader's disposal. Delectable., "Highly recommended for sophisticated readers, art historians, and Francophiles." -- Library Journal "The most seductive book published this year. A boudoir coffee-table book that will put your guests in the proper frame of mind." -- Playboy, "Highly recommended for sophisticated readers, art historians, and Francophiles." -- Library Journal "The most seductive book published this year. A boudoir coffee-table book that will put your guests in the proper frame of mind." -- Playboy "Prepare to be seduced by The Libertine , a swoon-worthy tome that celebrates the French practice of amour. A parade of frolicking lovers gorgeously reproduced." -- Newsday , holiday gift guide selection, Praise for The Libertine "Delon's anthology...display[s] the dazzling breadth and depth of the 18th-century obsession with pleasures of the flesh. Certainly The Libertine is as lavish--with its sumptuous illustrations of luscious Rococo nudes and other toothsome lovelies--as an 18th-century bal masqu . But Delon's analogy understates the dizzying diversity of the ball's invitees. Priapic peasants, depraved duchesses, masked miscreants, sexy sylphs, coy mistresses, foot fetishists, human sofas (!) and a surprising abundance of naughty nuns: These raunchy revelers engage in one decadent mating dance after another, tirelessly chasing "it," and gamely explaining why it matters." -- The New York Times "Highly recommended for sophisticated readers, art historians, and Francophiles." -- Library Journal "The most seductive book published this year. A boudoir coffee-table book that will put your guests in the proper frame of mind." -- Playboy "This work is a masterpiece." -- Point De Vue "The eighteenth century seems to flirt everywhere: in salons, boudoirs, forests; on screens, earthenware, and fans; and the bodies are posed at the reader's disposal. Delectable." -- La Monde "Prepare to be seduced by The Libertine , a swoon-worthy tome that celebrates the French practice of amour. A parade of frolicking lovers gorgeously reproduced." -- Newsday , holiday gift guide selection, Praise for The Libertine "Delon's anthology...display[s] the dazzling breadth and depth of the 18th-century obsession with pleasures of the flesh. Certainly The Libertine is as lavish--with its sumptuous illustrations of luscious Rococo nudes and other toothsome lovelies--as an 18th-century bal masqué . But Delon's analogy understates the dizzying diversity of the ball's invitees. Priapic peasants, depraved duchesses, masked miscreants, sexy sylphs, coy mistresses, foot fetishists, human sofas (!) and a surprising abundance of naughty nuns: These raunchy revelers engage in one decadent mating dance after another, tirelessly chasing "it," and gamely explaining why it matters." -- The New York Times "Highly recommended for sophisticated readers, art historians, and Francophiles." -- Library Journal "The most seductive book published this year. A boudoir coffee-table book that will put your guests in the proper frame of mind." -- Playboy "This work is a masterpiece." -- Point De Vue "The eighteenth century seems to flirt everywhere: in salons, boudoirs, forests; on screens, earthenware, and fans; and the bodies are posed at the reader's disposal. Delectable." -- La Monde "Prepare to be seduced by The Libertine , a swoon-worthy tome that celebrates the French practice of amour. A parade of frolicking lovers gorgeously reproduced." -- Newsday , holiday gift guide selection, "Highly recommended for sophisticated readers, art historians, and Francophiles." -- Library Journal, "Delon's anthology... display[s] the dazzling breadth and depth of the 18th-century obsession with pleasures of the flesh. Certainly The Libertine is as lavish -- with its sumptuous illustrations of luscious Rococo nudes and other toothsome lovelies -- as an 18th-century bal masqué . But Delon's analogy understates the dizzying diversity of the ball's invitees. Priapic peasants, depraved duchesses, masked miscreants, sexy sylphs, coy mistresses, foot fetishists, human sofas (!) and a surprising abundance of naughty nuns: These raunchy revelers engage in one decadent mating dance after another, tirelessly chasing "it," and gamely explaining why it matters." -- The New York Times "Highly recommended for sophisticated readers, art historians, and Francophiles." -- Library Journal "The most seductive book published this year. A boudoir coffee-table book that will put your guests in the proper frame of mind." -- Playboy "Prepare to be seduced by The Libertine , a swoon-worthy tome that celebrates the French practice of amour. A parade of frolicking lovers gorgeously reproduced." -- Newsday , holiday gift guide selection, The most seductive book published this year. A boudoir coffee-table book that will put your guests in the proper frame of mind., "Delon's anthology… display[s] the dazzling breadth and depth of the 18th-century obsession with pleasures of the flesh. Certainly The Libertine is as lavish — with its sumptuous illustrations of luscious Rococo nudes and other toothsome lovelies — as an 18th-century bal masqué . But Delon's analogy understates the dizzying diversity of the ball's invitees. Priapic peasants, depraved duchesses, masked miscreants, sexy sylphs, coy mistresses, foot fetishists, human sofas (!) and a surprising abundance of naughty nuns: These raunchy revelers engage in one decadent mating dance after another, tirelessly chasing it," and gamely explaining why it matters." — The New York Times "Highly recommended for sophisticated readers, art historians, and Francophiles." — Library Journal "The most seductive book published this year. A boudoir coffee-table book that will put your guests in the proper frame of mind." — Playboy "Prepare to be seduced by The Libertine , a swoon-worthy tome that celebrates the French practice of amour. A parade of frolicking lovers gorgeously reproduced." — Newsday , holiday gift guide selection
Dewey Decimal
840.8/005
Synopsis
A delightfully illustrated literary anthology that explores the fantasies, seductions, and intrigues of the eighteenth-century French lover, A delightfully illustrated literary anthology that explores the fantasies, seductions, and intrigues of the eighteenth-century French lover This sumptuous volume presents more than eighty selections from eighteenth-century French literature, each concerning some facet of the game of love as practiced by the libertine, or the freethinking aristocratic hedonist, a type that flourished--not least in literature--in the declining years of the Ancien Régime. These pieces, which include fiction, drama, verse, essays, and letters, are the work of some sixty writers, both familiar--such as Voltaire, Rousseau, and, of course, the Marquis de Sade--and lesser-known. Each selection is illustrated by well-chosen period artworks, many rarely seen, by Watteau, Boucher, Fragonard, and numerous others. Racy, thought-provoking, and a treat for the eyes, The Libertine is the perfect gift for litterateurs, art lovers, roués, and coquettes., A delightfully illustrated literary anthology that explores the fantasies, seductions, and intrigues of the eighteenth-century French lover This sumptuous volume presents more than eighty selections from eighteenth-century French literature, each concerning some facet of the game of love as practiced by the libertine, or the freethinking aristocratic hedonist, a type that flourished--not least in literature--in the declining years of the Ancien Regime. These pieces, which include fiction, drama, verse, essays, and letters, are the work of some sixty writers, both familiar--such as Voltaire, Rousseau, and, of course, the Marquis de Sade--and lesser-known. Each selection is illustrated by well-chosen period artworks, many rarely seen, by Watteau, Boucher, Fragonard, and numerous others. Racy, thought-provoking, and a treat for the eyes, The Libertine is the perfect gift for litterateurs, art lovers, roues, and coquettes., This sumptuous volume presents more than eighty selections from eighteenth-century French literature, each concerning some facet of the game of love as practiced by the libertine, or the freethinking aristocratic hedonist, a type that flourished--not least in literature--in the declining years of the Ancien Régime. These pieces, which include fiction, drama, verse, essays, and letters, are the work of some sixty writers, both familiar--such as Voltaire, Rousseau, and, of course, the Marquis de Sade--and lesser-known. Each selection is illustrated by well-chosen period artworks, many rarely seen, by Watteau, Boucher, Fragonard, and numerous others. Racy, thought-provoking, and a treat for the eyes, The Libertine is the perfect gift for litterateurs, art lovers, roués, and coquettes.
LC Classification Number
PQ1131.L5313 2012
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- 1***w (50)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseAbsolutely beautiful set in exactly as described condition very well packaged and quickly delivered.also greatly appreciate the thoughtfulness of the bonus CDs the seller included.seller has many other CDs I plan to buy in the coming months.grade a++++ seller.
- k***k (67)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseThe painting is a great value, and it makes a nice pair. Carefully packaged, as described—and I appreciate the option to combine shipping. Thanks, Tom!
- k***k (67)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseThe painting is a great value. Carefully packaged, as described—and I appreciate the option to combine shipping. Thanks, Tom!