À Basle chez l'Auteur, MDCCLXXX [1780, 1784, -95].
Folio, original half morocco; four parts in one. Part I: two titles, dedication to George III, pp. 14, 14 engr. plates (12 numbered). Part II: title, engr. title, 12 engr. plates. Part III: title with printed overslip, 12 numbered aquatint plates, printed en bistre (numbered 1-6 twice). Part IV: 8 plates (of 12?) plus extra two folding plates. Total 46 plates. Boards detached.
The four parts are: 'Le Triomphe de la Mort', with 'Triumphus Divitiarum' & 'Triumphus Paupertatis'; 'La Passion de notre Seigneur'; 'Recueil de XII Costumes Suisses Civils et Militaires, Hommes et Femmes, du Seizième Siècle'; and 'Portraits' ('8' added in pencil in blank part of title, equalling number of plates present). Compared to the BM collation, this example lacks the 'Portraits': 'Lais Corinthiaca', 'Venus et Amor' 'Johannes Frobenius' & 'Thomas Morus'. The two extra plates, an aquatint of Thomas More and his family and an etched key, are described by Brunet as 'generally wanting'.
BM 1958,0712.3079.1-53; Brunet III, 251.
[Ref: 53848] £680.00
Folio, original half morocco; four parts in one. Part I: two titles, dedication to George III, pp. 14, 14 engr. plates (12 numbered). Part II: title, engr. title, 12 engr. plates. Part III: title with printed overslip, 12 numbered aquatint plates, printed en bistre (numbered 1-6 twice). Part IV: 8 plates (of 12?) plus extra two folding plates. Total 46 plates. Boards detached.
The four parts are: 'Le Triomphe de la Mort', with 'Triumphus Divitiarum' & 'Triumphus Paupertatis'; 'La Passion de notre Seigneur'; 'Recueil de XII Costumes Suisses Civils et Militaires, Hommes et Femmes, du Seizième Siècle'; and 'Portraits' ('8' added in pencil in blank part of title, equalling number of plates present). Compared to the BM collation, this example lacks the 'Portraits': 'Lais Corinthiaca', 'Venus et Amor' 'Johannes Frobenius' & 'Thomas Morus'. The two extra plates, an aquatint of Thomas More and his family and an etched key, are described by Brunet as 'generally wanting'.
BM 1958,0712.3079.1-53; Brunet III, 251.
[Ref: 53848] £680.00