Dec 04, 2014 - Sale 2369

Sale 2369 - Lot 205

Price Realized: $ 562
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Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
(COLOR PRINTING.) Genlis, Stéphanie Félicité, Comtesse de. Arabesques Mythologiques. 54 color-printed stipple engravings, finished by hand; [4], xxx, 266 (i.e., 166) pages. 8vo, 220x130 mm, later 19th century 1/2 black morocco over marbled boards, gilt stamped initials "LP" or "PL" at foot of spine; scattered minor soiling. Paris: Charles Barrois, 1810
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The practice of color-printing from engraved plates reached its apex in France in the first quarter of the 19th century. The curious plates in this volume are exquisite examples of craft. Querard III, 306; Gumuchian 2699 ("Un des plus curieux ouvrages illustrées de cette époque. . . une composition vraiment extraordinaire.") Not in Bivois.