[The four seasons]Le Printeme; l'Eté; lLAutomne; L'Hiver
Carolus Eisen inv. de Longueil Sculp.
à Paris chés Daumont rue S. Martin, près S. Julien. Avec Privilége du Roi [c.1770]
Set of four fine engravings, each platemark 170 x 215mm (6¾ x 8½"). Thread margins; glued to backing sheets at corners.
The four seasons represented by the courtship of a young couple. Very scarce set of engravings after a design by Charles Eisen (1720-78), painter, draughtsman and illustrator. It was through his drawings, engraved to illustrate nearly 400 books, that Eisen's reputation was chiefly established. These included editions of Lucretius, Ovid, Tacitus, Virgil, Boccaccio, Ariosto, Erasmus and La Fontaine.
[Ref: 45074] £1,100.00
à Paris chés Daumont rue S. Martin, près S. Julien. Avec Privilége du Roi [c.1770]
Set of four fine engravings, each platemark 170 x 215mm (6¾ x 8½"). Thread margins; glued to backing sheets at corners.
The four seasons represented by the courtship of a young couple. Very scarce set of engravings after a design by Charles Eisen (1720-78), painter, draughtsman and illustrator. It was through his drawings, engraved to illustrate nearly 400 books, that Eisen's reputation was chiefly established. These included editions of Lucretius, Ovid, Tacitus, Virgil, Boccaccio, Ariosto, Erasmus and La Fontaine.
[Ref: 45074] £1,100.00