[Five mezzotint heads, stitched together.]
J.J. Haid et filius excud: Aug. Vind. [n.d., c.1770.]
Five mezzotints, stitched at top. Each c. 215 x 160mm, 8½ x 6¼". A rare collection. Uncut.
Five portraits, four untitled women and a man titled 'Le Baiser Rendu' (The received kiss). Published by Haid and Son; Johann Jakob Haid (1704-1767), the German painter and engraver, and founder of the big publishing house 'J.J. Haid'; and his son Johann Elias Haid (1736-1809) the German engraver, mezzotinter and publisher in Augsburg; son and pupil of Johann Jakob. These are possibly illustrations to 'Les Baisers' (Kisses), a series of poems by Claude Joseph Dorat (1734-1780).
[Ref: 19530] £1,000.00
Five mezzotints, stitched at top. Each c. 215 x 160mm, 8½ x 6¼". A rare collection. Uncut.
Five portraits, four untitled women and a man titled 'Le Baiser Rendu' (The received kiss). Published by Haid and Son; Johann Jakob Haid (1704-1767), the German painter and engraver, and founder of the big publishing house 'J.J. Haid'; and his son Johann Elias Haid (1736-1809) the German engraver, mezzotinter and publisher in Augsburg; son and pupil of Johann Jakob. These are possibly illustrations to 'Les Baisers' (Kisses), a series of poems by Claude Joseph Dorat (1734-1780).
[Ref: 19530] £1,000.00