CERVANTES, Miguel de (1547-1616). Les principales avantures de l’admirable Don Quichotte, représentées en figures par Coypel, Picart le romain, et autres habiles maîtres . The Hague: Pierre de Hondt, 1746.
CERVANTES, Miguel de (1547-1616). Les principales avantures de l’admirable Don Quichotte, représentées en figures par Coypel, Picart le romain, et autres habiles maîtres . The Hague: Pierre de Hondt, 1746. Large 4º (347 x 242mm). Title in red and black with engraved vignette, engraved headpiece to dedication, 31 etched plates by B. Picart after Coypel (25), Tremollières (2), Boucher (1), Le Bas (1) et N. Cochin (2). Woodcut initials and culs-de-lampe, title and text within typographical borders. (Some light spotting to margins of plates and text.) Contemporary green morocco gilt, at centre of covers the large gilt-stamped arms of Madame de Pompadour [Olivier 2399 fer 1] enclosed by a roll-tool and double fillet border incorporating a coronet of flowers above a heart, spine with raised bands, red morocco lettering-piece in one compartment, the six others with a large central flower and smaller side ornaments including a pair of bleeding hearts, gilt turn-ins, marbled and gilt edges (binding entirely but expertly restored and retinted); modern slipcase. Provenance : Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour, also known as Madame de Pompadour (1721- 1764; arms on binding, see her 1765 sale, lot 1642) -- Antoine-Bernard Caillard ( Catalogue des livres rares et précieux de la bibliothèque de feu M. Ant. Bern. Caillard , Paris, De Bure, 1808, 1600) . THE MARQUISE DE POMPADOUR'S COPY, ON VERY LARGE PAPER, OF COYPEL'S CLASSIC ILLUSTRATED CERVANTES. This is among the finest of 18th century books with 'superb illustrations' according to Cohen; the engravings primarily after Charles-Antoine-Coypel include 3 frontispieces and 31 plates by Fokke, Picart, von Schley, and Tanjé. The present example is one of very few folio copies, on very large paper, and is even more exceptional in being bound in green morocco with large gilt dentelles surrounding the arms of Marquise de Pompadour, the mistress of Louis XV. It was later the property of Antoine-Bernard Caillard, whose library was sold by De Bure in 1808. Ray, 4; Cohen, 216-217: 'Superbes illustrations; livre très recherché. Il existe des exemplaires sur très grand papier de format petit in-folio'; Soultrait 18 th century 24.
CERVANTES, Miguel de (1547-1616). Les principales avantures de l’admirable Don Quichotte, représentées en figures par Coypel, Picart le romain, et autres habiles maîtres . The Hague: Pierre de Hondt, 1746.
CERVANTES, Miguel de (1547-1616). Les principales avantures de l’admirable Don Quichotte, représentées en figures par Coypel, Picart le romain, et autres habiles maîtres . The Hague: Pierre de Hondt, 1746. Large 4º (347 x 242mm). Title in red and black with engraved vignette, engraved headpiece to dedication, 31 etched plates by B. Picart after Coypel (25), Tremollières (2), Boucher (1), Le Bas (1) et N. Cochin (2). Woodcut initials and culs-de-lampe, title and text within typographical borders. (Some light spotting to margins of plates and text.) Contemporary green morocco gilt, at centre of covers the large gilt-stamped arms of Madame de Pompadour [Olivier 2399 fer 1] enclosed by a roll-tool and double fillet border incorporating a coronet of flowers above a heart, spine with raised bands, red morocco lettering-piece in one compartment, the six others with a large central flower and smaller side ornaments including a pair of bleeding hearts, gilt turn-ins, marbled and gilt edges (binding entirely but expertly restored and retinted); modern slipcase. Provenance : Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour, also known as Madame de Pompadour (1721- 1764; arms on binding, see her 1765 sale, lot 1642) -- Antoine-Bernard Caillard ( Catalogue des livres rares et précieux de la bibliothèque de feu M. Ant. Bern. Caillard , Paris, De Bure, 1808, 1600) . THE MARQUISE DE POMPADOUR'S COPY, ON VERY LARGE PAPER, OF COYPEL'S CLASSIC ILLUSTRATED CERVANTES. This is among the finest of 18th century books with 'superb illustrations' according to Cohen; the engravings primarily after Charles-Antoine-Coypel include 3 frontispieces and 31 plates by Fokke, Picart, von Schley, and Tanjé. The present example is one of very few folio copies, on very large paper, and is even more exceptional in being bound in green morocco with large gilt dentelles surrounding the arms of Marquise de Pompadour, the mistress of Louis XV. It was later the property of Antoine-Bernard Caillard, whose library was sold by De Bure in 1808. Ray, 4; Cohen, 216-217: 'Superbes illustrations; livre très recherché. Il existe des exemplaires sur très grand papier de format petit in-folio'; Soultrait 18 th century 24.
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