B. Picart scul. dir. 1717.
[Amsterdam: David Mortier, 1718.]
Complete set of six etchings. Sheets 190 x 140mm (7½ x 5½"). Trimmed, losing decorative printed borders, mounted in album paper.
The frontispieces of each of the six cantos of 'Le Lurin' by Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636-1711), one of the first mock-heroic poems, satirizing the state of the French Law and Church.
[Ref: 56346] £450.00
[Amsterdam: David Mortier, 1718.]
Complete set of six etchings. Sheets 190 x 140mm (7½ x 5½"). Trimmed, losing decorative printed borders, mounted in album paper.
The frontispieces of each of the six cantos of 'Le Lurin' by Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636-1711), one of the first mock-heroic poems, satirizing the state of the French Law and Church.
[Ref: 56346] £450.00