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Lot 51
ILLUSTRATION TECHNIQUES, 18TH CENTURY.
4 titles:
1. BOSSE, ABRAHAM. 1604-1676.
1. BOSSE, ABRAHAM. 1604-1676.
De la manière de graver à l'eau forte et au burin. Paris: Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1745.
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ILLUSTRATION TECHNIQUES, 18TH CENTURY.
4 titles:
1. BOSSE, ABRAHAM. 1604-1676. De la manière de graver à l'eau forte et au burin. Paris: Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1745.
8vo (195 x 120 mm). Engraved frontispiece and dedication page, 19 folding engraved plates, engraved headers in text. Contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt with 6 raised bands. Upper joint and hinge cracked, cover loose, chipping and rubbing to corners, minor spotting.
Third edition of Bosse's fundamental manual on engraving, originally published in 1645. The text of this edition was expanded and edited by Charles-Nicolas Cochin. Cohen-de Ricci 177. Along with French artist Boutet's manual on miniature painting, first published in 1672. Barbier IV, 771.
2. ---. Idées d'un militaire pour la disposition des troupes confiées aux jeunes officiers dans la défense et l'attaque des petits postes. Paris: Alexandre Jombert, 1783.
4to (315 x 232 mm). Half-title, dedication page with color printed vignette, 11 loose linen-backed plates printed in color. Later marbled paper boards, modern custom clamshell box with integrated portfolio for loose plates. Rubbed, staining to covers, minor foxing to text leaves, slight browning to plates.
FIRST EDITION. The 11 plates by Louis-Marin Bonnet, printed in the "crayon manner," were originally tipped onto letterpress explanations at the back of the volume. Fossé, an infantry officer and mathematician, discusses the construction of fortifications, methods of attacking entrenchments, and the drawing up of military maps and charts — all illustrated with Bonnet's plates, which represent a great technical achievement in color printing for the time. Brunet II:1354; Fürstenberg Das französische Buch im 18 Jahrhundert 121.
3. [BOUTET, CLAUDE.] Traité de mignature, pour apprendre aisément à Peindre sans Maître. Paris: Christophe Ballard, 1711. 12mo (155 x 92 mm). 1 woodcut illustration in text. Contemporary mottled calf. Joints cracking, wear to corners, ink ownership inscriptions on both sides of title, scattered browning.
4. EISEN, CHARLES-DOMINIQUE-JOSEPH, illustrator. 1720-1778.
DORAT, CLAUDE-JOSEPH. 1734-1780. Les baisers, précédés du mois de Mai. The Hague and Paris: Lambert and Delalain, 1770.
8vo (215 x 135 mm). Engraved frontispiece and extra title-page, engraved vignette on title-pages and numerous engraved head and tailpieces after Eisen, Le Maquelier, Baquoy, Longueil, and others. 19th century dark blue Morocco gilt by Emile Rousselle, spine with 5 raised bands, red Morocco gilt doublures, silk end leaves and marbled paper flyleaves, top edge gilt.
Provenance: Francis Bayard Rives (bookplate).
Two editions were published, this being the later edition with the title-page printed in black, and text corrections to Mois de Mai. Cohen-de Ricci 308-309; Ray French 31.
1. BOSSE, ABRAHAM. 1604-1676. De la manière de graver à l'eau forte et au burin. Paris: Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1745.
8vo (195 x 120 mm). Engraved frontispiece and dedication page, 19 folding engraved plates, engraved headers in text. Contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt with 6 raised bands. Upper joint and hinge cracked, cover loose, chipping and rubbing to corners, minor spotting.
Third edition of Bosse's fundamental manual on engraving, originally published in 1645. The text of this edition was expanded and edited by Charles-Nicolas Cochin. Cohen-de Ricci 177. Along with French artist Boutet's manual on miniature painting, first published in 1672. Barbier IV, 771.
2. ---. Idées d'un militaire pour la disposition des troupes confiées aux jeunes officiers dans la défense et l'attaque des petits postes. Paris: Alexandre Jombert, 1783.
4to (315 x 232 mm). Half-title, dedication page with color printed vignette, 11 loose linen-backed plates printed in color. Later marbled paper boards, modern custom clamshell box with integrated portfolio for loose plates. Rubbed, staining to covers, minor foxing to text leaves, slight browning to plates.
FIRST EDITION. The 11 plates by Louis-Marin Bonnet, printed in the "crayon manner," were originally tipped onto letterpress explanations at the back of the volume. Fossé, an infantry officer and mathematician, discusses the construction of fortifications, methods of attacking entrenchments, and the drawing up of military maps and charts — all illustrated with Bonnet's plates, which represent a great technical achievement in color printing for the time. Brunet II:1354; Fürstenberg Das französische Buch im 18 Jahrhundert 121.
3. [BOUTET, CLAUDE.] Traité de mignature, pour apprendre aisément à Peindre sans Maître. Paris: Christophe Ballard, 1711. 12mo (155 x 92 mm). 1 woodcut illustration in text. Contemporary mottled calf. Joints cracking, wear to corners, ink ownership inscriptions on both sides of title, scattered browning.
4. EISEN, CHARLES-DOMINIQUE-JOSEPH, illustrator. 1720-1778.
DORAT, CLAUDE-JOSEPH. 1734-1780. Les baisers, précédés du mois de Mai. The Hague and Paris: Lambert and Delalain, 1770.
8vo (215 x 135 mm). Engraved frontispiece and extra title-page, engraved vignette on title-pages and numerous engraved head and tailpieces after Eisen, Le Maquelier, Baquoy, Longueil, and others. 19th century dark blue Morocco gilt by Emile Rousselle, spine with 5 raised bands, red Morocco gilt doublures, silk end leaves and marbled paper flyleaves, top edge gilt.
Provenance: Francis Bayard Rives (bookplate).
Two editions were published, this being the later edition with the title-page printed in black, and text corrections to Mois de Mai. Cohen-de Ricci 308-309; Ray French 31.