LONGUS. Les Amours pastorales de Daphnis et Chloé. Paris : imprimée pour les curieux, 1757. - Small in-4, 198 x 155: frontispiece, viii, 269 pp. 29 plates. Red morocco, gilt roulette around the edges of the boards, surrounding a wide gilt small-iron lace, ornate ribbed spine, gilt inner roulette, gilt edges, black morocco spine slipcase (period binding, modern slipcase). Cohen, 653. Beautiful edition, known as des curieux, featuring parallel translations by Jacques Amyot (1513-1593) and Antoine Le Camus (1722-1772), the latter appearing here for the first time. The illustration consists of the frontispiece and 28 figures from the 1718 edition, known as the Regent's edition, as well as the figure of the "little feet" (p. 162), all retouched and surrounded by beautiful frames by Simon Fokke (1712-1784). It also includes a small title vignette, 8 headpieces by Eisen, including 2 in duplicate and 1 in triplicate, and 8 culs-de-lampe by Cochin, including 3 repeated, all engraved by Fokke. These are the same figures as in the 1754 Greek and Latin edition. The plates are from the 1745 edition, enlarged and turned over. Precious copy on large paper, in a splendid period lace binding in the style of Derome or Louis Douceur. Slight crack restored to one hinge. Provenance: Henry David Leonard George Walston, Baron Walston (1912-1991), British farmer and politician, with his heraldic bookplate including the words "Wachsthum und Stetigkeit" and "Newton Hall, Cambridge". - Christie's sale, November 29, 1999, with bookmark.