First edition

Pierre FIRENS

Foi, espérance, charité

Pierre Firens, Paris ou Lyon 1610 (S.d.), In-8 oblong (20,5x31cm), relié.

First print of this suite of 3 intaglio prints.
Binding
Engraver, printer and merchant of Franco-Flemish prints, Pierre Firens was born and trained in Antwerp

350 €

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Paul Van SOMER II

Paysages animés

Pierre Landry, Paris 1671, In-8 oblong (20,5x31cm), relié.

First print of this suite of 4 prints of landscapes animated by shepherds and cowherds and animals with Italian ruins. The first bears the following inscription on a wall: Paul van Somer inv. and Fec. Parisis. 1671. The 3 other engravings are unsigned, they just contain the name of the editor P. [...]

500 €

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Nicolaes PIETERSZ BERCHEM (BERGUEM)

Paysages animés

Landry 1660 (S.d.), In-8 oblong (20,5x31cm), relié.

First print of this series of 4 engravings numbered 1 to 4.
Binding
Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem (1620-1683) is a Dutch painter, draftsman and engraver who copted among the main Dutch Italianists. His work had a lasting influence on landscape painting. He excelled in representing animals. [...]

600 €

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Jean LEPAUTRE

Fontaines & Jardins avec sujets d'Histoire, tires de la Fable, Inventés & gravés par J. le ...

Nicolas Langlois, Paris 1660 (S.d.), In-8 oblong (20,5x31cm), broché.

First print of this set of plates illustrating 6 metamorphoses of Ovid. The collection contains no title or frontispiece. The title that we give is in fact that which Jombert in one reprage in the XVIIIth century, when he publishes all of Lepautre's works, will publish it; but we don't know much [...]

600 €

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Jean LEPAUTRE

Veue grottes et fontaines de jardins à l'italienne inventez et gravez par I. le Pautre

Chez Pierre Mariette, Paris 1650 (S.d.), In-8 oblong (20,5x31cm), relié.

First print of this suite

500 €

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Jean LEPAUTRE

Grottes & veües de Jardins inventées et gravées par Jean le Pautre

Pierre Mariette, A Paris 1650 (S.d.), In-8 oblong (20,5x31cm), relié.

First print of this suite composed of 6 prints. Copy similar to that held by the Biblioteca historica Marques de Valdocilla in Madrid (UCM)

600 €

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François MAZOT

Le tableau de la croix représenté dans les cérémonies de la Sainte messe

Chez F. Mazot, A Paris 1653, Pet. in-8 (11,5x16cm), 53f., relié.

Second edition with the privilege of 1653, rare. Entirely engraved work of 92 pages (with text and figures), and illustrated with a portrait of Charles de l'Aubespine by Guillaume de Gheyn, with a beautiful frontispiece by Collin. This edition differs from the first by some notable points. Besides [...]

1 500 €

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Vue d'optique - Décoration du feu d'artifice tiré à Londres en réjouissance de la paix en 1763

Chez Mondhare1734-1799, Paris circa 1765, 32x46cm, une feuille.

Original engraving. Optical view highlighted in watercolor, representing a view of the fireworks shot in Green Park, London in celebration of peace in 1763
Optical views, also called views, perspectives or "mondo nuovo", are engravings very fashionable between the late eighteenth [...]

230 €

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