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Philibert de Lorme.
Jacquand del. Leclerce sc.
[n.d. c.1820.]
Hand-coloured engraving. 268 x 184mm. 10½ x 7¼".
Philibert de l'Orme (c.1514-1570) was a French architect, one of the great masters of the French Renaissance, holding plan & dividers. His major work was the Chateau de St Maur-des-Fosses, and in 1545 he was made architect to Francis I of France and give the charge of works in Brittany. In 1548 Henry II gave him the supervision of Fontainebleau, where he built the Chateau Neuf, and other royal buildings. Under Charles IX, he was employed to construct the Tuileries, in collaboration with Jean Bullant. His tomb of Francis I at Saint Denis Basilica remains a perfect specimen of his art. He wrote two books on architecture: Nouvelles inventions pour bien bastir et à petits frais (1561) and Le premier tome de l'Architecture (1567).
[Ref: 24771] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Jacquand del. Leclerce sc.
[n.d. c.1820.]
Hand-coloured engraving. 268 x 184mm. 10½ x 7¼".
Philibert de l'Orme (c.1514-1570) was a French architect, one of the great masters of the French Renaissance, holding plan & dividers. His major work was the Chateau de St Maur-des-Fosses, and in 1545 he was made architect to Francis I of France and give the charge of works in Brittany. In 1548 Henry II gave him the supervision of Fontainebleau, where he built the Chateau Neuf, and other royal buildings. Under Charles IX, he was employed to construct the Tuileries, in collaboration with Jean Bullant. His tomb of Francis I at Saint Denis Basilica remains a perfect specimen of his art. He wrote two books on architecture: Nouvelles inventions pour bien bastir et à petits frais (1561) and Le premier tome de l'Architecture (1567).
[Ref: 24771] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Siege of Douai.]](jpegs/43609.jpg)
[The Siege of Douai.]
Seb. le Clerc Sculp.
Engraving, proof before title. Sheet 390 x 545mm (15¼ x 21½").
Louis XIV standing in front of a wounded soldier, soldiers collecting firewood on right, and view of Douai in distance. Representation of the siege of Douai in 1667 during the War of Devolution (1667-8) in which Louis XIV's armies gained land in the Spanish Netherlands and the Franche-Comté but were forced to give most of it back to a Triple Alliance of England, Sweden and the Dutch Republic. From a series of five plates reproducing the compositions invented by Charles Lebrun for a set of tapestries celebrating the victories of Louis XIV.
[Ref: 43609] £360.00
Seb. le Clerc Sculp.
Engraving, proof before title. Sheet 390 x 545mm (15¼ x 21½").
Louis XIV standing in front of a wounded soldier, soldiers collecting firewood on right, and view of Douai in distance. Representation of the siege of Douai in 1667 during the War of Devolution (1667-8) in which Louis XIV's armies gained land in the Spanish Netherlands and the Franche-Comté but were forced to give most of it back to a Triple Alliance of England, Sweden and the Dutch Republic. From a series of five plates reproducing the compositions invented by Charles Lebrun for a set of tapestries celebrating the victories of Louis XIV.
[Ref: 43609] £360.00
Tapisseries du Roy, ou sont Representées les Quatre Saisons.
I Bailly in. Le Clerc Sculp.
[n.d., c.1668.]
Engraving. 420 x 295mm (16½ x 11½"). Thread margins.
A decorative frontispiece to a set of engravings of the Four Seasons, with vignettes of the Seasons in a triumphal array.
[Ref: 55353] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
I Bailly in. Le Clerc Sculp.
[n.d., c.1668.]
Engraving. 420 x 295mm (16½ x 11½"). Thread margins.
A decorative frontispiece to a set of engravings of the Four Seasons, with vignettes of the Seasons in a triumphal array.
[Ref: 55353] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Tapisseries du Roy, ou sont Representées les Quatre Elemens.
I Bailly in. Le Clerc Sculp.
[n.d., c.1668.]
Engraving. 420 x 295mm (16½ x 11½"). Thread margins. Slight loss left corner.
A decorative frontispiece to a set of engravings of the Four Elements, with vignettes of the Elemetns in a triumphal array.
[Ref: 55354] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
I Bailly in. Le Clerc Sculp.
[n.d., c.1668.]
Engraving. 420 x 295mm (16½ x 11½"). Thread margins. Slight loss left corner.
A decorative frontispiece to a set of engravings of the Four Elements, with vignettes of the Elemetns in a triumphal array.
[Ref: 55354] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Tapisseries du Roy, ou sont Representez les Quatre Elemens et les Quatre Saisons de L'Année.
I Bailly in.
[n.d., c.1668.]
Engraving. 415 x 285mm (16¼ x 11¼"). Trimmed to plate.
A decorative frontispiece to a set of engravings of the Four Elements and Four Seasons. It takes the form of a monument, with the Four Elements in a triumphal array above and the Four Seasons on the plinth below.
[Ref: 55352] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
I Bailly in.
[n.d., c.1668.]
Engraving. 415 x 285mm (16¼ x 11¼"). Trimmed to plate.
A decorative frontispiece to a set of engravings of the Four Elements and Four Seasons. It takes the form of a monument, with the Four Elements in a triumphal array above and the Four Seasons on the plinth below.
[Ref: 55352] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)