VAUQUER JEAN Bound volume of 9 engraved plates

Sale 2451 - Lot 164

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Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500

VAUQUER, JEAN. Bound volume of 9 engraved plates. 9 numbered engravings featuring central medallions with biblical themes flanked by panels or friezes of flowers and putti. Images measure 135x177 mm; 5 1/4x5 3/4 inches on 12 1/2x8-inch sheets. 4to, contemporary marbled paper wrappers, bound into modern 1/4 brown calf with spine label, stain to head of spine; leaves watermarked PCI. Ex-libris Rachel McMasters Hunt, to Millard McAdoo Riggs, Jr, with their bookplates. Paris: De Pouilly, nd

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A beautiful set with rich impressions by the great French draughtsman and engraver. The first plate carries the name Vauquer in full, the others are signed "V." Listed in Guilmard I, page 85 as "Sept Pièces" and in Foulc catalogue, number 158 (1914).