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A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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Arc de Triomphe de Titus Vespasien. Dedié à Monsiegneur Armand Thomas Hüe, Chevalier, Marquis de Miroménil, Conseiller du Roi en tous ses Conseils, Premier Président du Parlement de Normandie Par son tres Humble et tres Obéissant Serviteur N. Le Mire.
De la Croix. Le Mire.
à Paris chés le Mire Graveur, des Académies de Vienne et de Rouen, rue S. Etienne des Grècs. [n.d., c.1760.]
Engraving. 355 x 475mm (14 x 18¾"), with very large margins.
A capriccio of Rome's Arch of Titus, relocated to the banks of a river with men fishing with nets from a boat, a fortified tower behind.
[Ref: 50665] £320.00
De la Croix. Le Mire.
à Paris chés le Mire Graveur, des Académies de Vienne et de Rouen, rue S. Etienne des Grècs. [n.d., c.1760.]
Engraving. 355 x 475mm (14 x 18¾"), with very large margins.
A capriccio of Rome's Arch of Titus, relocated to the banks of a river with men fishing with nets from a boat, a fortified tower behind.
[Ref: 50665] £320.00
Le mari cocu, battu et content
Ch. Eisen inv. Noel Le Mire Sculp
A Paris chés Basan Graveur rue du Foin [c.1770]
Engraving, platemark 135 x 80mm (5¼ x 3") very large margins.
One of a set of book illustrations after designs 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: 45083] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Ch. Eisen inv. Noel Le Mire Sculp
A Paris chés Basan Graveur rue du Foin [c.1770]
Engraving, platemark 135 x 80mm (5¼ x 3") very large margins.
One of a set of book illustrations after designs 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: 45083] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
![[The confessing husband]](jpegs/45082.jpg)
[The confessing husband] Le mari confesseur
Ch. Eisen inv. Noel Le Mire Sculp
A Paris chés Basan Graveur rue du Foin [c.1770]
Engraving, platemark 135 x 80mm (5¼ x 3") very large margins.
One of a set of book illustrations after designs 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: 45082] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Ch. Eisen inv. Noel Le Mire Sculp
A Paris chés Basan Graveur rue du Foin [c.1770]
Engraving, platemark 135 x 80mm (5¼ x 3") very large margins.
One of a set of book illustrations after designs 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: 45082] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Joconde
Ch. Eisen inv. Noel Le Mire Sculp
A Paris chés Basan Graveur rue du Foin [c.1770]
Engraving, platemark 135 x 80mm (5¼ x 3") very large margins.
One of a set of book illustrations after designs 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: 45081] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Ch. Eisen inv. Noel Le Mire Sculp
A Paris chés Basan Graveur rue du Foin [c.1770]
Engraving, platemark 135 x 80mm (5¼ x 3") very large margins.
One of a set of book illustrations after designs 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: 45081] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Latone Vengée. Gravé d'après le Tableau Original de David Teniers . qui est au Cabinet de Monsieur Le Comte de Vence. Marechal de Camp des Armée du Roy.
David Teniers pinx. Noel le Mire Sculp.
AParis, chez l'Auteur, ruë St Jacqueau Soleil d'Or, vis à vis le Plesis [n.d., c.1754.]
Engraving. 500 x 350mm (19¾ x 13¾"), very large margins. Tear touching armorial repaired.
Leto, daughter of the Titans Coeus and Phoebe, gave birth to Artemis and Apollo, children of Zeus, on Delos. Fleeing the wrath of Hera, Leto passed through Lycia. When she tried to drink from a well the local peasants stirred up mud to make the water undrinkable, so Leto turned them all into frogs. The central fountain in the terrace garden of Versailles depicts this scene.
[Ref: 49024] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
David Teniers pinx. Noel le Mire Sculp.
AParis, chez l'Auteur, ruë St Jacqueau Soleil d'Or, vis à vis le Plesis [n.d., c.1754.]
Engraving. 500 x 350mm (19¾ x 13¾"), very large margins. Tear touching armorial repaired.
Leto, daughter of the Titans Coeus and Phoebe, gave birth to Artemis and Apollo, children of Zeus, on Delos. Fleeing the wrath of Hera, Leto passed through Lycia. When she tried to drink from a well the local peasants stirred up mud to make the water undrinkable, so Leto turned them all into frogs. The central fountain in the terrace garden of Versailles depicts this scene.
[Ref: 49024] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
La Curiosité. Dédiée à Monsieur le Compte de Vence, Maréchal de Camp des Armées ru Roy, Colonel Lieutenant de Régiment Royal Infanterie Italienne, Corse. Par son très-humble et très-obéissant serviteur, N. le Mire. Grave d'après le Tableau Original du Cabinet de M.r le C.te de Venc.
Reinier Brakenburg Pinxit 1660. Noel le Mire Sculpsit.
Se vend à Paris, ruë St Jacques, au Soleil d'Or, vis-à-vis le Plessis chez l'Auteur. [n.d., c.1770.]
Engraving. 360 x 410mm 14 x 16". Trimmed close to plate, damage to lateral margins entering plate restored, many holes in image and inscription area, some filled. Damaged.
A showman with a magic lantern.
[Ref: 45632] £480.00
Reinier Brakenburg Pinxit 1660. Noel le Mire Sculpsit.
Se vend à Paris, ruë St Jacques, au Soleil d'Or, vis-à-vis le Plessis chez l'Auteur. [n.d., c.1770.]
Engraving. 360 x 410mm 14 x 16". Trimmed close to plate, damage to lateral margins entering plate restored, many holes in image and inscription area, some filled. Damaged.
A showman with a magic lantern.
[Ref: 45632] £480.00
La Pupille. Dedié à Monsigneur Camus de Pont Carré Premier President du Parlement de Normandie honnoriare sw l'Academie des sciences Belles Lettre et Arts, de Rouen. Par son très humble et très obeissance Serviteur Descamps.
J.B. Descamps pinxit. N. Le Mire Sculp.
A Paris chez le S.r Le Bas Graveur du Cabinet du Roy. Et a Rouen chez Descamps vis à vis St Amant. [n.d., c.1750.]
Engraving. 385 x 270mm (15¼ x 10¾"), with wide, uncut margin.
A scene from Barthélemy-Christophe Fagan's one-act comedy 'La Pupille', first performed 5th June 1734. As a clerk in the public service, Fagan (1702-55) appears to be drawing on personal experience. The original painting, by Jean-Baptiste Descamps (1714-91), is in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen.
[Ref: 21375] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
J.B. Descamps pinxit. N. Le Mire Sculp.
A Paris chez le S.r Le Bas Graveur du Cabinet du Roy. Et a Rouen chez Descamps vis à vis St Amant. [n.d., c.1750.]
Engraving. 385 x 270mm (15¼ x 10¾"), with wide, uncut margin.
A scene from Barthélemy-Christophe Fagan's one-act comedy 'La Pupille', first performed 5th June 1734. As a clerk in the public service, Fagan (1702-55) appears to be drawing on personal experience. The original painting, by Jean-Baptiste Descamps (1714-91), is in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen.
[Ref: 21375] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[Vesuvius as it was in 1757]](jpegs/38318.jpg)
[Vesuvius as it was in 1757] Vue de Mont Vezuve tel quil etoit en 1757 / Dedié à Monsieur Blondel Dazanincourt [...]
Peint sur les lieux en 1757 par G. de la Croix eleve de Mr Vernet. N. le Mire Sculp 1762
[published by le Mire]
Engraving. 355 x 460mm (14 x 18"), with very large margins. Very slight crease upper right.
Moonlit landscape with fishermen drawing up nets, and Mount Vesuvius erupting in the background. After a painting made 'on the spot' by Charles-François Grenier de la Croix (1750-80, fl.), a pupil of landscape and marine painter Joseph Vernet (1714-89). The same view was engraved in mezzotint around the same time by the British printmaker John Dixon.
[Ref: 38318] £380.00
Peint sur les lieux en 1757 par G. de la Croix eleve de Mr Vernet. N. le Mire Sculp 1762
[published by le Mire]
Engraving. 355 x 460mm (14 x 18"), with very large margins. Very slight crease upper right.
Moonlit landscape with fishermen drawing up nets, and Mount Vesuvius erupting in the background. After a painting made 'on the spot' by Charles-François Grenier de la Croix (1750-80, fl.), a pupil of landscape and marine painter Joseph Vernet (1714-89). The same view was engraved in mezzotint around the same time by the British printmaker John Dixon.
[Ref: 38318] £380.00