PICART BERNARD Impostures Innocentes; ou Recueil dEstampes d

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PICART, BERNARD. Impostures Innocentes; ou, Recueil d'Estampes d'après Divers Peintres Illustres. Etched portrait of Picart and 78 etched plates by him on 67 leaves. [4], 10, [2]; 12; 8 pages. Folio, 428x284 mm, contemporary calf gilt with morocco lettering piece, spine ends chipped, front joint cracked at top and bottom; contemporary owner's inscription on title, plates 9, 10, and 16 browned, light dampstain along fore edge of plates 44-52. Amsterdam: widow of Bernard Picart, 1734

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first edition, large-paper issue, of a posthumously published collection of etchings imitating Rembrandt, Raphael, Guido Reni, Poussin, and others. The text comprises an essay by Picart, a brief biography of him, and an 8-page catalogue raisonné of his graphic work.