[&] ... Second Suite. Rome. [&] ... Cinquieme Suite. Venice. [&] Troisieme Suite. Bologne.
[Paris: Lavoy, 1770-75.]
Small folio, 265 x 210mm (10¼ x 8¼"), original half calf gilt, marbled boards. Four parts: 1 & 2 (Rome) with 55 of 60 numbered aquatints (one unnumbered, bound at end of book); part 4 (Venice) 40 numbered plates, as called for; part 3 (Bologna) 40 numbered plates, as called for. Total 135 aquatints printed in sepia of 140. Wear to binding, inner hinges strained, parts three and four misbound, ink stamp on engraved title
A collection of the first four parts of the 'Fragments' (Five & Six related to Naples and Herculanum, with 60 more plates), containing sketches mostly by Fragonard after paintings by Michaelangelo. Raphael, Carrachi and others. The plates were etched in aquatint by Jean-Claude Richard, abbé de Saint-Non, an early use of the technique.
[Ref: 53762] £950.00
Small folio, 265 x 210mm (10¼ x 8¼"), original half calf gilt, marbled boards. Four parts: 1 & 2 (Rome) with 55 of 60 numbered aquatints (one unnumbered, bound at end of book); part 4 (Venice) 40 numbered plates, as called for; part 3 (Bologna) 40 numbered plates, as called for. Total 135 aquatints printed in sepia of 140. Wear to binding, inner hinges strained, parts three and four misbound, ink stamp on engraved title
A collection of the first four parts of the 'Fragments' (Five & Six related to Naples and Herculanum, with 60 more plates), containing sketches mostly by Fragonard after paintings by Michaelangelo. Raphael, Carrachi and others. The plates were etched in aquatint by Jean-Claude Richard, abbé de Saint-Non, an early use of the technique.
[Ref: 53762] £950.00