[DUBUISSON (Pierre Ulric) Le Tableau de la volupté, ou les quatre parties du jour. Poeme en Vers libres, Par M. D. B. Cythère : Au temple du plaisir, 1771. - In-8, red morocco, wide gilt lace on covers, ornate ribbed spine, interior gilt roulette, gilt edges, edged slipcase (Joly fils). Cohen, 330. First edition of this poem recounting "the felicity of two Amans tenderly occupied in graduating [...] Pleasure", composed by playwright and historian of the American colonies Pierre Ulric Dubuisson (1746-1794). It is preceded by a long warning by the author and a poem entitled "À ma maîtresse" ("To my mistress"). One of the finest illustrated books of the 18th century, it features a frontispiece, 4 entablatures, 4 culs-de-lampe and 4 plates engraved by Joseph de Longueil (1730-1792) after drawings by Charles EISEN (1720-1778). For Cohen, this is "one of the most graceful works due to the association" of these two artists. A superb copy in lace morocco by Joly fils, from the library of Hans Furstenberg (1890-1982), a German banker best known as a bibliophile, who assembled one of the most important private collections of precious books and bindings. Light spotting on the plates. Provenance: Hans Furstenberg, with bookplate.