FR EN
1 / 50
an old red book with a gold emblem on the coveran open book with a drawing of a large crowd of peoplean open book with a drawing of a landscape on itan open book with a drawing of a battle in the backgroundan open book with a drawing of a battle on itan open book with a drawing of a crowd of people in front of a buildingan old picture of a large crowd of people on the streeta drawing of a man riding a horse on the beacha black and white drawing of a man on a horsean old book with a drawing of a group of people in a wooded areaa black and white drawing of a man in a boatan open book with a picture of a man on a horse in a wooded areaa black and white drawing of a man on a horsean open book with a picture of a man riding a horse in a wooded areaan open book with a drawing of a landscape in itan open book with a drawing of a man on horseback in the foregrounda picture of a book with a picture of a town on itan open book with a drawing of a city in the backgroundan open book with a drawing of a town and a rivera picture of a book with a picture of a town in the backgroundan open book with a drawing of a military scene in the middle of itan open book with a drawing of a city in the middle of itan open book with a drawing of a landscape on itan open book with a drawing of a city and a picture of people on horsebacka picture of a book with a picture of people riding on horsesa picture of a book with a picture of a townan open book with a drawing of a landscape on itan open book with a drawing of people in a wooded areaan open book with a drawing of a landscape on ita picture of an open book with a picture of a townan open book with a drawing of a man on horseback and a man on a horsea picture of a book with a picture of a man on a horsean open book with a drawing of a landscape on ita picture of a stamp on a piece of paper with a picture of a boatan open book with a drawing of a landscape on itan old book with a drawing of a group of people on horsebacka picture of a book with a picture of a man on a horsean open book with a drawing of a city in the backgroundan open book with a drawing of a battle in the backgrounda picture of a book with a picture of people on horsesa picture of a book with a picture of a man on a horsean open book with a picture of a man and a woman in a boatan open book with a drawing of a group of people riding horsesan old book with a drawing of a mountain scenean old book with a drawing of a landscape on ita drawing of a man riding a horse on the beachan open book with a drawing of a landscape in the middlean open book with a picture of a mountain scene in ita picture of a stamp on a piece of paper with a picture of a lighthousean old red book with a gold emblem on the cover
Featured lot selected by the auctions House.
Premium VALOIR POUSSE-CORNET Maison de ventes

228 - VAN DER MEULEN (Adam Frans). A collection of 34 plates.
See original version (French)

Estimate €15,000 - €20,000
Sale commission
Description
VAN DER MEULEN (Adam Frans). A collection of 34 plates. No place, no date [c. 1685]. Large folio, red morocco, decorated in the Du Seuil style with a crowned monogram at the corners, large gilded coat of arms in the centre, ornate spine, crowned monogram repeated in the panels with small fleurs-de-lis at the corners of each, gilt edges (contemporary binding). A superb collection of 34 large plates depicting the military campaigns of Louis XIV, finely engraved on copper after Adam Frans Van der Meulen (1632–1690), official painter of the Sun King’s conquests. These double-page or fold-out prints were engraved by Boudewijns (a name Frenchified as Baudouin or Bauduin), Jan van Huchtenburg, Bonnart, Cochin, Scotin, Romain de Hooghe, and Simonneau. Summoned to Paris by Colbert to paint the military exploits of Louis XIV, the Flemish painter Van der Meulen travelled directly to the battlefields, from which he brought back numerous drawings: his views and profiles of the towns and strongholds conquered by the sovereign thus immortalised the great victorious episodes of the campaigns in Flanders (1667), Franche-Comté (1668) and Holland (1672–1678). The collection is organised as follows: 7 plates relating to the King and Queen’s travels, featuring views of the palaces of Vincennes, Versailles and Fontainebleau; 11 plates concerning the Flanders campaign (Arras, Béthune, Ardres, Calais, Dunkirk, Tournai, Douai, Lille, Kortrijk and Oudenaarde), 9 plates for the Holland campaign (Valenciennes, Cambrai, Saint-Omer, Luxembourg, etc.) and a further 7 for the Franche-Comté campaign (Dole, Salins, Besançon, Gray, Saint-Laurent de La Roche, and the castles of Sainte-Anne and Joux). A very fine print. A very fine gift copy bound in morocco leather bearing the coat of arms and cipher of King Louis XIV. It comes from the library of the Dukes of La Rochefoucauld at the Château de la Roche-Guyon, with a wet stamp affixed on two occasions (1987, no. 932). The lower corner of plate 30 is slightly creased, but not serious; there is a small tear with a loss of paper at the bottom of plate 33. A small area of leather peeling at the bottom of the covers; the lower edges where the raised grain meets the cover are rubbed; a minor blemish on one corner. Remnants of a label at the spine. List of plates available on request Expert: Mr Dominique Courvoisier
See original version (French)
Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
About the sale TREASURES OF THE LOIRE VALLEY: books and archaeology
Auction location
Auction time 11/23/2026 at 2:00 PM
Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House
You may also like