Larmessin (Nicolas de) "Costumes grotesques", fantastic figures composed of the tools or attributes of their trades, 19 plates from the series, copper engravings with etching, trimmed to the outer borderlines and below titles, each c. 270 x 183 mm.(10 3/4 x 7 1/4 in), mounted, occasional slight spotting and other minor defects, several short repaired tears and a few small losses in blank corners of titles, 2 plates with rubbed spots on faces, 3 plates with more extensive repaired tears, nineteenth century cloth-backed patterned boards, rubbed, folio (365 x 263 mm.), [Paris, c. 1710] ⁂ These celebrated prints by the Larmessin family have a complex bibliography. Nicolas I de Larmessin (or L'Armessin) (1632-1694) engraved and published approximately 62 plates in his lifetime. His widow Marie Bertrand added 14 plates from his designs and his younger brother Nicolas II (c.1645-1725) engraved a further 22 plates from 1695. The present plates are from the slightly later issue which omitted background details. The following trades are represented: Cook, Furrier, Ploughman, Tailor, Perfume maker, Playing card maker, Hosier, Winegrower, Hatter, Coffee dealer, Coin maker, Upholsterer, Baker, Butcher, Ivory-turner, Mason, Comb maker, Locksmith and Basket maker. The last five listed are those with more significant defects.
Larmessin (Nicolas de) "Costumes grotesques", fantastic figures composed of the tools or attributes of their trades, 19 plates from the series, copper engravings with etching, trimmed to the outer borderlines and below titles, each c. 270 x 183 mm.(10 3/4 x 7 1/4 in), mounted, occasional slight spotting and other minor defects, several short repaired tears and a few small losses in blank corners of titles, 2 plates with rubbed spots on faces, 3 plates with more extensive repaired tears, nineteenth century cloth-backed patterned boards, rubbed, folio (365 x 263 mm.), [Paris, c. 1710] ⁂ These celebrated prints by the Larmessin family have a complex bibliography. Nicolas I de Larmessin (or L'Armessin) (1632-1694) engraved and published approximately 62 plates in his lifetime. His widow Marie Bertrand added 14 plates from his designs and his younger brother Nicolas II (c.1645-1725) engraved a further 22 plates from 1695. The present plates are from the slightly later issue which omitted background details. The following trades are represented: Cook, Furrier, Ploughman, Tailor, Perfume maker, Playing card maker, Hosier, Winegrower, Hatter, Coffee dealer, Coin maker, Upholsterer, Baker, Butcher, Ivory-turner, Mason, Comb maker, Locksmith and Basket maker. The last five listed are those with more significant defects.
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