[The four times of day]Le Matin; Le Midy; L'Après Midy; Le Soir
Inventé et dessiné par M. Charles Eisen, et Gravé par M. de Longueil.
A Paris chés Daumont rue S. Martin, près S. Julien. Avec Privilége du Roi [c.1770]
Set of four fine engravings, each platemark 165 x 210mm (6¾ x 8½"). Trimmed to platemarks; glued to backing sheets at corners.
The four times of day represented by the courtship of a young couple. Set of scarce 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: 45075] £1,100.00
A Paris chés Daumont rue S. Martin, près S. Julien. Avec Privilége du Roi [c.1770]
Set of four fine engravings, each platemark 165 x 210mm (6¾ x 8½"). Trimmed to platemarks; glued to backing sheets at corners.
The four times of day represented by the courtship of a young couple. Set of scarce 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: 45075] £1,100.00