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Le Bouquet
Le Bouquet Pénétrez de respect et de reconnoissance, / Allez, Enfants chéris, recevoir des jou-joux [...]
C. Eisen Pinx. R. Gaillard sculp.
A Paris chés l'Auteur Rue S. Jacques au dessus des Jacobins entre un Peruquier et une Lingere [c.1770]
Fine engraving, sheet 390 x x 275mm (15 x 10½"). Trimmed to platemark; glued to album sheet at corners.
Children give a bouquet of flowers to their mother and receive toys in return. Engraving after a painting 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: 45110]   £480.00  
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[France] Guillelmus Franciscus Joly de Fleury,
[France] Guillelmus Franciscus Joly de Fleury, Procurator Catholicus / N. 11 Novembre 1675. / M. 25 Martii 1756
Didier pinx. R. Gaillard sculp.
[n.d., c.1756]
Engraving with very large margins, platemark 460 x 350mm (18 x 13¾"). Slightly time stained.
Guillaume-Francois Joly de Fleury, procureur général under Louis XV remembered for his erudition and strong personality.
[Ref: 31972]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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[The marriage agreement]
[The marriage agreement] L'accord de mariage / De notre heureux hymen daignez prendre ce gage. / Je scais belle Philis, que cent mille Ducats / Ne pourroient point payer vos célestes appas [...]
C. Eisen pinx. R. Gaillard sculp.
A Paris chés l'Auteur Rue S. Jacques au dessus des Jacobins entre un Peruquier et une Lingere [c.1770]
Fine engraving, sheet 385 x x 270mm (15 x 10½"). Trimmed to platemark; glued to album sheet at corners.
A young man vows to dedicate himself to pleasing his fiancée. Engraving after a painting 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.
For a British copy of this print see ref. 759
[Ref: 45109]   £420.00  
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Louis Racine.
Louis Racine. De l'Academie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres, Né à Paris le 2. Novembre 1692.
AV Pinxit. Gaillard Scul.
AParis chez Odieuvre, M.d d'Estampes rüe d'Anjoue entrant par la rüe d'Auphine la deniere porte Cochere aul.er.
Fine engraving. 150 x 105mm (6 x 4¼"). With narrow margins.
Louis Racine (1692-1763), French poet of the Age of the Enlightenment, son of dramatist Jean Racine.
[Ref: 53304]   £80.00   (£96.00 incl.VAT)
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Les Sabots.
Les Sabots. D'après le Tableau Original de François Boucher premier Peintre du Roi.
F. Boucher pinx. R. Gaillard Sculp.
[n.d., 1773.] but later.
Etching. 495 x 380mm (19½ x 15"), with very large margins.
'The wooden shoes'. A young couple pick and feed each other cherries, having kicked off their shoes under the tree. A reversed copy of François Boucher's 1768 oval painting, now in the Art Gallery of Ontario (Object number 78/6).
[Ref: 61255]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Le Berger Recompensé.
Le Berger Recompensé. Dedié à Madame La Marechale Duchesse de Duras, Dame d'honneur de Mesdames de France. Par son tres humble et tres obeissant Serviteurt Gaillard.
F. Boucher Pixit. R. Gaillard Sculp.
APAris chés l'Auteur rue St Jacques au dessus des Jacobins, entre un Perruquier et une Lingere [n.d., c.1770].
Fine etching with engraving. 500 x 380mm (20 x 15"), with large margins. Uncut.
A shepherd, lying on the ground playing bagpipes, is given a garland by a peasant girl with a basket of produce. Francois Boucher (1703-70), found favour with the mistress of Louis XV, Madame du Pompadour, soon becoming the 'premier peintre' to the king, in which role he rejuvenated the 'pastoral tradition' in French art.
[Ref: 57885]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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