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Auction archive: Lot number 151

Houdart de la Motte, Fables nouvelles, Paris, 1719, contemporary mottled calf

Antiquarian Books and Manuscripts
5 Jun 2021 - 15 Jun 2021
Estimate
£800 - £1,000
ca. US$1,132 - US$1,416
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 151

Houdart de la Motte, Fables nouvelles, Paris, 1719, contemporary mottled calf

Antiquarian Books and Manuscripts
5 Jun 2021 - 15 Jun 2021
Estimate
£800 - £1,000
ca. US$1,132 - US$1,416
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Houdart de la Motte, Antoine Fables nouvelles. Paris: Dupuis, 1719 FIRST EDITION, 4to (287 x 210mm.), engraved vignettes by Cochin the elder, Claude Gillot Edelinck and others after Gillot, Charles-Antoine-Coypel and others, contemporary mottled calf, central arms of Père Allard Le Roy [Olivier 1278 fer 1], crowned cipher cornerpieces within triple gilt fillet borders, spine densely tooled with same cipher and leafy sprays, red edges, joints repaired A wide-margined copy. The contributions by Gillot – whose most famous pupil was Jean-Antoine Watteau – are particularly fine. LITERATURE:Cohen-De Ricci 594 PROVENANCE:Père Allard Le Roy, arms, ciphers, ownership inscription on title-pageCondition reportCondition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate Condition 11 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers (Online Only) is not applicable to this lot. The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The

Auction archive: Lot number 151
Auction:
Datum:
5 Jun 2021 - 15 Jun 2021
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
Beschreibung:

Houdart de la Motte, Antoine Fables nouvelles. Paris: Dupuis, 1719 FIRST EDITION, 4to (287 x 210mm.), engraved vignettes by Cochin the elder, Claude Gillot Edelinck and others after Gillot, Charles-Antoine-Coypel and others, contemporary mottled calf, central arms of Père Allard Le Roy [Olivier 1278 fer 1], crowned cipher cornerpieces within triple gilt fillet borders, spine densely tooled with same cipher and leafy sprays, red edges, joints repaired A wide-margined copy. The contributions by Gillot – whose most famous pupil was Jean-Antoine Watteau – are particularly fine. LITERATURE:Cohen-De Ricci 594 PROVENANCE:Père Allard Le Roy, arms, ciphers, ownership inscription on title-pageCondition reportCondition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate Condition 11 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers (Online Only) is not applicable to this lot. The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The

Auction archive: Lot number 151
Auction:
Datum:
5 Jun 2021 - 15 Jun 2021
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
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