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[BINDINGI]. An album of eighteenth-century French engravings…
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[BINDINGI]. An album of eighteenth-century French engravings…
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Estimate €400 - €600
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[BINDINGI]. An album of eighteenth-century French engravings in a binding bearing the royal arms of France. [France, 18th–19th century].
An interesting eighteenth-century red morocco binding featuring the royal arms of France, from Choisy-le-Roi, the royal residence acquired by Louis XV (1710–1774) in 1739 and one of his favourite retreats. The title *Castor et Polux* on the spine indicates that the binding originally covered a copy of the work of that name; it was subsequently reused, during the first half of the nineteenth century, to house an album of approximately 40 engravings, chiefly taken from eighteenth-century French illustrated books. Among the artists represented are some of the leading illustrators and engravers of the period, including Hubert-François Gravelot (1699–1773), Charles-Nicolas Cochin (1715–1790), Noël Le Mire (1724–1801), Charles Eisen (1720–1778), Pierre-Philippe Choffard (1730–1809), Daniel Chodowiecki (1726–1801), Nicolas de Launay (1739–1792), Clément-Pierre Marillier (1740–1808), and Jean-Michel Moreau (1741–1814).
Oblong 4to (240 × 330 mm). Eighteenth-century full red morocco bearing the royal arms of France; the covers centred with the crowned arms embossed in gilt and inscribed CHOISY LE ROI in gilt; spine richly gilt and inscribed CASTOR ET POLUX (minor defects). The binding now contains first-half nineteenth-century album leaves onto which are mounted approximately 40 engravings, vignettes and culs-de-lampe, chiefly taken from eighteenth-century French illustrated books. (1)
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