[13 engravings from The Devil upon Two Sticks] [&] [5 scenes of antiquity]
[Chez Pierre Van Cleef ŕ Londres 1755 ] [&] [n.d. c.1696]
18 engravings front and back on an album sheet. Sheet size, 610 x 445mm (24 x 17˝). All trimmed within plate and glued to backing sheet.
Thirteen illustrations from, 'Le diable boiteux,' written by Alain-René Lesage (1668-1747). They seem to be from the edition published by Pierre Van Cleef in 1755.? On the reverse the top engraving, 'Bacchantivm Chorvs. Bacchvs Indicvs. Dionysiaca Saltatio.' Images of drunken revelry, dancing and music making in honour of Dionysus/Bacchus and a coin image of the God to the right. The left is a medallion portrait of Midas surrounded by three coins. Central is the title page for the book, 'Q. Curtius Rufus: Historiae Alexandri Magni,' (Histories of Alexander the Great) published in 1696. The right a medallion portrait of Homer surrounded by four coins. The bottom is, 'Bacchi Et Ariadne Chorvs. Liberi Patris Trivmphvs,' a parade with Bacchus and Ariadne in a chariot being led by a procession of mythical creatures. A triumphant Bacchus (Eleutherios) returns drunk on a cow from his conquest of India, surrounded by a rowdy, celebratory procession. Two coin images.
[Ref: 68177] £360.00
18 engravings front and back on an album sheet. Sheet size, 610 x 445mm (24 x 17˝). All trimmed within plate and glued to backing sheet.
Thirteen illustrations from, 'Le diable boiteux,' written by Alain-René Lesage (1668-1747). They seem to be from the edition published by Pierre Van Cleef in 1755.? On the reverse the top engraving, 'Bacchantivm Chorvs. Bacchvs Indicvs. Dionysiaca Saltatio.' Images of drunken revelry, dancing and music making in honour of Dionysus/Bacchus and a coin image of the God to the right. The left is a medallion portrait of Midas surrounded by three coins. Central is the title page for the book, 'Q. Curtius Rufus: Historiae Alexandri Magni,' (Histories of Alexander the Great) published in 1696. The right a medallion portrait of Homer surrounded by four coins. The bottom is, 'Bacchi Et Ariadne Chorvs. Liberi Patris Trivmphvs,' a parade with Bacchus and Ariadne in a chariot being led by a procession of mythical creatures. A triumphant Bacchus (Eleutherios) returns drunk on a cow from his conquest of India, surrounded by a rowdy, celebratory procession. Two coin images.
[Ref: 68177] £360.00