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Fontenelle Méditant sur la Pluralité des Mondes.
Fontenelle Méditant sur la Pluralité des Mondes.
Desfontaines del.t. Moret Sculp.t.
A Paris, chez Blin, Imprimeur en Taille Douce, Place Maubert, No.17, vis-a-vis la Rue des 3 Portes, A.P.D.R. [n.d., c.1790.]
Aquatint with fine printed colour, with engraved text. 245 x 165mm (9¾ x 6½"), with large margins. With tear entering text taped.
A portrait of Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657-1757), standing by a telescope, gazing up at a moon with a human face. Fontenelle was a French author known for his accessible scientific texts during the Age of Enlightenment. He died one month short of his centenary.
[Ref: 56861]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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Mazarin Conclut la Paix des Pyrénés et le Mariage de Louis XIV.
Mazarin Conclut la Paix des Pyrénés et le Mariage de Louis XIV.
Desfontaines del. 1790. Moret Sculp.
A Paris, chez Blin, Imprimeur en Taille Douce, Place Maubert, No.17, vis-a-vis la Rue des 3 Portes, A.P.D.R. [n.d., c.1790.]
Aquatint with fine colour, with engraved text. 245 x 165mm (9¾ x 6½"), with large margins. Stain in engraved text bottom left.
Jules Mazarin concluding the Treaty of the Pyrenees (7th November 1659), ending the Franco-Spanish War and agreeing the marriage between Louis XIV of France and Maria Theresa of Spain, the daughter of Philip IV. From the series 'Portraits des Grands Hommes et Femmes Illustres, et sujets mémorables de France', published between 1786-92.
[Ref: 55602]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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