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[Desires satisfied]Les Desirs satisfaits. Dédié et Présenté a Monsieur de Damery Chevalier de l'Ordre Militaire de St. Louis [...]
Inventé et Dessiné par Charles Eisen. Gravé par Patas 1772
Avec Privilege du Roi. AParis chez Henault et Rapilly, rue St Jacques a la Croix de Lorraine/
Engraving, sheet 395 x 270mm (15½ x 10¼). Trimmed inside platemark; glued to album sheet at corners.
Post-coital scene (probably issued as pair with ref. 44961). Engraved after a design 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: 44962] £520.00
Avec Privilege du Roi. AParis chez Henault et Rapilly, rue St Jacques a la Croix de Lorraine/
Engraving, sheet 395 x 270mm (15½ x 10¼). Trimmed inside platemark; glued to album sheet at corners.
Post-coital scene (probably issued as pair with ref. 44961). Engraved after a design 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: 44962] £520.00