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131 - SAINT-AUBIN, Augustin de.
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Estimate €400 - €500
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SAINT-AUBIN, Augustin de. Here are the various games played by the little rascals of Paris. Paris, (c. 1770). Loose sheets: 6 copperplate engravings in black (18 x 21.5 cm in the print), mounted on passe-partout. In a modern burgundy percaline slipcase (with narrow margins (c. 2 cm), 3 with bevelled corners, a few stains). A beautiful and famous series depicting, with all the naturalness and dishevelledness possible, the games played by the urchins of Paris on the eve of the Revolution: 1. The Clog. – 2. The Head-Cutter (leapfrog). - 3. ‘La Fossette’ or the game of stone skips. - 4. ‘Le Sortie du collège’. - 5. ‘La Corde’. - 6. ‘La Toupie’. ‘Le Sabot’ serves as the frontispiece. Augustin de Saint-Aubin (1736–1807), a member of the famous family of Parisian embroiderers and engravers, was a pupil of Fessard and Gravelot and produced numerous illustrations for sales catalogues, the *Journal de musique*, theatre programmes and more. This series was published around 1770; the plate entitled *La Fossette* or *The Game of Nuts* bears this date engraved next to the artist’s name. Each plate bears the name ‘St Aubin’ engraved within the scene. Rarely complete. A fine contemporary print, on laid paper. Cohen, 923. Cicognara, 1562.
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