LE CLERC, SÉBASTIEN. 1637-1714.
Collection of items illustrated by Le Clerc.
Collection of items illustrated by Le Clerc. Including:
1. Divers costumes Francais de Regne de Louis XIV. [Paris: 1685]. 12mo (138 x 97 mm; plates 113 x 68 mm). 20 engraved plates including engraved title, laid down to larger leaves. Modern quarter calf and marbled boards. Browning.
2. Filli di Sciro, [Paris: 1678]. 5 (of 7) plates, 200 x 135 mm, (plate sizes approximately 80 x 50 mm) disbound but stitched at top margin. Light soiling.
3.DU FRESNOY, CHARLES. 1611-1668. L'art du peinture. Paris: Nicolas Langois, 1684. Engraved vignette on title page, engraved title to second part and 31 engraved plates. Contemporary calf, rebacked retaining original spine laid down. Browning to margins, a few pencil marks, old inked erasures over genitalia in illustrations.
4.Divers Desseins de Figures Dedies a Monsieur Colbert D'Ormoy. Paris: Nicolas Langlois, n.d. Oblong 8vo (165 x 121 mm). Engraved title page, 29 engraved plates, and 1 additional engraved plate tipped to free front endpaper. Contemporary calf. Light wear, dampstaining to lower margins not affecting images, scattered spotting.
5. Principes de Dessin, 9 disbound engraved plates printed in red, 345 x 255 mm, unsigned, depicting facial features (noses, ears, eyes, mouths) with captions, after earlier engravings by Le Clerc. Stitched at top margin but otherwise loose, dampstaining to 4 plates, chipping to edges.
6. FLEURY, CLAUDE. 1640-1723Abrégé de l'histoire sainte. Avignon: Chez Seguin, 1821. 12mo (165 x 98 mm). Engraved frontispiece and 14 engraved plates containing 28 illustrations. Contemporary marbled calf.
7. Pratique de la Geometrie sur le papier et sur le terrain. Paris: Pierre Mortier, 1691. 8vo (153 x 94 mm). 82 engraved plates. Modern calf antique. Lacking engraved frontispiece, scattered spotting and browning.
8. 2 bound collections of plates, without title pages, both 8vo, one with plates showing religious services, one with illustrations of Aesop's fables. 57 plates in total.
WITH: CALLOT, JACQUES. 1592-1635. [La petite passion. Paris: 1624-1625]. 12 loose engraved plates, approximately 134 x 97 mm. Margins trimmed within plate lines, soiling, some staining and chips to corners.
Housed in large clamshell case title "Works of Sebastien le Clerc" on the spine.
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Collection of items illustrated by Le Clerc.
Collection of items illustrated by Le Clerc. Including:
1. Divers costumes Francais de Regne de Louis XIV. [Paris: 1685]. 12mo (138 x 97 mm; plates 113 x 68 mm). 20 engraved plates including engraved title, laid down to larger leaves. Modern quarter calf and marbled boards. Browning.
2. Filli di Sciro, [Paris: 1678]. 5 (of 7) plates, 200 x 135 mm, (plate sizes approximately 80 x 50 mm) disbound but stitched at top margin. Light soiling.
3.DU FRESNOY, CHARLES. 1611-1668. L'art du peinture. Paris: Nicolas Langois, 1684. Engraved vignette on title page, engraved title to second part and 31 engraved plates. Contemporary calf, rebacked retaining original spine laid down. Browning to margins, a few pencil marks, old inked erasures over genitalia in illustrations.
4.Divers Desseins de Figures Dedies a Monsieur Colbert D'Ormoy. Paris: Nicolas Langlois, n.d. Oblong 8vo (165 x 121 mm). Engraved title page, 29 engraved plates, and 1 additional engraved plate tipped to free front endpaper. Contemporary calf. Light wear, dampstaining to lower margins not affecting images, scattered spotting.
5. Principes de Dessin, 9 disbound engraved plates printed in red, 345 x 255 mm, unsigned, depicting facial features (noses, ears, eyes, mouths) with captions, after earlier engravings by Le Clerc. Stitched at top margin but otherwise loose, dampstaining to 4 plates, chipping to edges.
6. FLEURY, CLAUDE. 1640-1723Abrégé de l'histoire sainte. Avignon: Chez Seguin, 1821. 12mo (165 x 98 mm). Engraved frontispiece and 14 engraved plates containing 28 illustrations. Contemporary marbled calf.
7. Pratique de la Geometrie sur le papier et sur le terrain. Paris: Pierre Mortier, 1691. 8vo (153 x 94 mm). 82 engraved plates. Modern calf antique. Lacking engraved frontispiece, scattered spotting and browning.
8. 2 bound collections of plates, without title pages, both 8vo, one with plates showing religious services, one with illustrations of Aesop's fables. 57 plates in total.
WITH: CALLOT, JACQUES. 1592-1635. [La petite passion. Paris: 1624-1625]. 12 loose engraved plates, approximately 134 x 97 mm. Margins trimmed within plate lines, soiling, some staining and chips to corners.
Housed in large clamshell case title "Works of Sebastien le Clerc" on the spine.
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