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2113817Contentum Ltd. Loose sheet. New. High-quality art print based on an original work from the Rijksmuseum. Created in the 18th century 1799. Professionally printed on premium fine-art paper Photo Matt Fibre in size A2. The artwork is printed with a white border museum-style presentation. Contentum Ltd. unknown
2113842Contentum Ltd. Loose sheet. New. High-quality art print based on an original work from the Rijksmuseum. Created in the 19th century 1800. Professionally printed on premium fine-art paper Museum Etching museum quality in size A3. The artwork is printed with a white border museum-style presentation. Contentum Ltd. unknown
2086239Contentum Ltd. Loose sheet. New. High-quality art print based on an original work from the Rijksmuseum. Created in the 18th century 1799. Professionally printed on premium fine-art paper Photo Matt Fibre in size A2. The artwork is printed with a white border museum-style presentation. Contentum Ltd. unknown
2086240Contentum Ltd. Loose sheet. New. High-quality art print based on an original work from the Rijksmuseum. Created in the 18th century 1799. Professionally printed on premium fine-art paper Photo Rag Bright White premium quality in size A2. The artwork is printed with a white border museum-style presentation. Contentum Ltd. unknown
NY32<p>Paris Bureau du Journal des Dames 1798-1808.</p><p>4to 295 x 235 mm of 1 engraved title l. in lieu of cover 52 etched plates out of pagination and enchanced with watercolor numbered from 1 to 52.</p><p>Red quarter-morocco flat spine decorated with gilt and blind-tooled motifs front cover engraved and restored. Slipcase. <i>Later binding.</i></p><p><b>First edition of this "charming collection that became very rare" </b>Vinet 2248.</p><p>Colas 814; Hiler p. 223; not in Lipperheide.</p><p><i>"It is the most interesting and also the rarest collection of fashion so characteristic from the beginning of the 19th century"</i> Colas <i>Bibliographie des costumes et de la mode</i> n°814.</p><p>This precious suite has been sold up to 15 000 Gold fr. at the Montgermont's sale of 1913 the equivalent of 150 000 current euros.</p><p>The first plate bears on the upper part: <i>Modes et manières du jour</i>; the second: <i>Manières et modes;</i> the others: <i>modes</i> etc. except for the last two whose title is: <i>Modes et manières</i>.</p><p>Here is the plates list:</p><p>1. le prétexte : tunique courte jupe transparente.</p><p>2. Turcaret du jour prenant une leçon de tournure.</p><p>3. la promenade grand Schall avec bande à jour.</p><p>4. Chaise vacante Bonnet du matin schal transparent.</p><p>5. C'est en vain Tresses de cheveux liées sur un fichu</p><p>6. la petite coquette Toquet orné de plumes. Chapeau à cotes brodé.</p><p>7. la rencontre Coiffure avec guirlande en spirale. Shall garni de dentelle.</p><p>8. les cerises Coiffure en cheveux et perles.</p><p>9. l'escarpolette Chapeau de paille brodé sans ruban.</p><p>10. A ce soir Shall de gaze noire en échiquier.</p><p>11. l'agression Bonnet chapeau de gaze.</p><p>12. Correspondance furtive coiffure antique. Schall en écharpe.</p><p>13. Il va l'apaiser Robe avec canezon à col.</p><p>14. La phrase changée robe croisée. D. B.</p><p>15. N'allez pas vous perdre robe boutonée cornette à fond ouvert D B.</p><p>16. Ah quel vent ! fichu. noir. Tablier de gaze.</p><p>17. le messager fidèle fichu canezou. Robe avec nœuds de Comettes.</p><p>18. la robe déchirée Bonnet à un papillon.</p><p>19. l'écolière craintive fichu avec efilé Palatine Niv. an 8.</p><p>20. la chute capotte spencer garni de poil Niv an 8.</p><p>21. Elle le suit. Pluv. an 8.</p><p>22. le billet doux cheveux retroussés Spencer de velours. An 8.</p><p>23 Réponse au billet Chapeau blanc à petit bord.</p><p>24. Prends vite Coiffure en cheveux.</p><p>25. Retour de Longchamp Chapeau avec fichu Germ. an 8.</p><p>26. le Lilas Capotte ornée d'épis et de coquelicos Floréal an 8.</p><p>27. Il va fleurir cheveux et fichus. Robe de gaze Floréal an 8</p><p>28. Elle est prête à cueillir Capotte ornée de jacinthe. Floréal an VIII.</p><p>29. Que lui conte-t-il Chapeau en coquille. Large pantalon de Nankin</p><p>30 Ne laissai-je rien Robe en organdis de couleur.</p><p>31. Venez vous reposer Pantalon du matin. Capotte en crêpe. Prair. an 8.</p><p>32. la lecture Chapeau à petit bord. Spencer sans manches.</p><p>33. le voila Robe à manches et franges noires. Mess. an 8.</p><p>34. Il a plu Chapeau à boucles. Therm. an 8.</p><p>35. Il ne vient pas ! Coiffure étrusque. Ceinture en X Therm. an 8.</p><p>36. Ah qu'il fait saud ! Caraco garni de dentelles Thermid. An 8.</p><p>37. les deux amies Capotte à boucles. Tunique de crêpe Fructid. an V III.</p><p>38. Adieu Foquet. Schall long. robe garnie de dentelle Fructid. an 8.</p><p>39. La réflexion coiffure formée de 3 bandes de dentelle.</p><p>40. Tenez vous droit Capotte à fond ouvert Vend an IX.</p><p>41. Elle y pense Paysane avec barbes liées sous le menton.</p><p>42. Baisez Maman Capotte de velours avec bande zébrée Brum an 9.</p><p>43. M. N. et Mme Large redingote à grand collet de velours. Schal d'hiver.</p><p>44. les aprets du bal coiffure étrusque costume grec.</p><p>45. la signature Coiffure en fichu et tresses de cheveux. Tunique à pointes.</p><p>46. Elle le boude Chapeau ovale. Voile froncé Floréal an 9.</p><p>47. Il ne m'a pas vu Coiffure arec un voile. Tunique de crêpe noir.</p><p>48. Plus posément Toquet noué sous le menton. Schall quarré.</p><p>49. la solitude Fichu posé en Marmotte. Corsage bouffant. Manches longues et larges.</p><p>50. la conversation mistérieuse voile formant coiffure. Robe boutonee Manches à l'anglaise.</p><p>51. Lui a-t-il tout rendu D. B. 1808.</p><p>52. Me trompe-t-i1 1808. </p><p>This collection not only gives garment models but even more "the spirit of the time" with funny captions sometimes laconic and yet very expressive.</p><p><i>"Very rare series of 52 figures drawn and etched by Debucourt".</i>Fenaille <i>L'oeuvre gravé de P.-L. Debucourt</i> pp. 71-122.</p><p>"<i>In his prime…Debucourt 1755-1832 ranked as the supreme master of engravings printed in color. He was already an accomplished genre painter in 1785 when he perfected his process of printing in color with five successive coppers which enabled him to achieve in his prints the delicacy the suavity and the freshness of painting itself</i>" Ray <i>The Art of the French Illustrated Book</i> p. 146.</p><p><b>Precious copy of this rare and lovely suite of 52 costumes from the Empire delicately enhanced with watercolor at the time.</b></p><p>OCLC/KVK locate only 1 complete copy of the first edition at the <i>Morgan Library</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p><u>Français</u><br /></p><p>Paris Bureau du Journal des Dames 1798-1808.</p><p>In-4 de 1 f. de titre gravé tenant lieu de couverture 52 planches hors-texte gravées à l'eau-forte et rehaussées à l'aquarelle chiffrées 1 à 52. </p><p>Demi-maroquin grenat à coins dos lisse orné de motifs dorés et à froid premier plat de couverture gravé et restauré. Etui. <i>Reliure postérieure.</i></p><p>295 x 235 mm.</p><p><b>Edition originale de ce " charmant recueil devenu fort rare " </b>Vinet 2248.</p><p>Colas 814 ; Hiler p. 223 ; pas dans Lipperheide.</p><p>" <i>C'est le plus intéressant et aussi le plus rare des recueils de modes si caractéristiques du commencement du XIXe siècle</i> " Colas <i>Bibliographie des costumes et de la mode</i> n°814.</p><p>Cette suite précieuse a été vendue jusqu'à 15 000 F OR à la vente Montgermont de 1913 soit l'équivalent de 150 000 € actuels.</p><p>La première planche porte en haut : <i>Modes et manières du jour</i> ; la seconde : <i>Manières et modes </i>; les autres : <i>modes</i>etc. sauf les deux dernières dont le titre est : <i>Modes et manières</i>.</p><p>Voici la liste des planches :</p><p>1. le prétexte : tunique courte jupe transparente.</p><p>2. Turcaret du jour prenant une leçon de tournure.</p><p>3. la promenade grand Schall avec bande à jour.</p><p>4. Chaise vacante Bonnet du matin schal transparent.</p><p>5. C'est en vain Tresses de cheveux liées sur un fichu</p><p>6. la petite coquette Toquet orné de plumes. Chapeau à cotes brodé.</p><p>7. la rencontre Coiffure avec guirlande en spirale. Shall garni de dentelle.</p><p>8. les cerises Coiffure en cheveux et perles.</p><p>9. l'escarpolette Chapeau de paille brodé sans ruban.</p><p>10. A ce soir Shall de gaze noire en échiquier.</p><p>11. l'agression Bonnet chapeau de gaze.</p><p>12. Correspondance furtive coiffure antique. Schall en écharpe.</p><p>13. Il va l'apaiser Robe avec canezon à col.</p><p>14. La phrase changée robe croisée. D. B.</p><p>15. N'allez pas vous perdre robe boutonée cornette à fond ouvert D B.</p><p>16. Ah quel vent ! fichu. noir. Tablier de gaze.</p><p>17. le messager fidèle fichu canezou. Robe avec nœuds de Comettes.</p><p>18. la robe déchirée Bonnet à un papillon.</p><p>19. l'écolière craintive fichu avec efilé Palatine Niv. an 8.</p><p>20. la chute capotte spencer garni de poil Niv an 8.</p><p>21. Elle le suit. Pluv. an 8.</p><p>22. le billet doux cheveux retroussés Spencer de velours. An 8.</p><p>23 Réponse au billet Chapeau blanc à petit bord.</p><p>24. Prends vite Coiffure en cheveux.</p><p>25. Retour de Longchamp Chapeau avec fichu Germ. an 8.</p><p>26. le Lilas Capotte ornée d'épis et de coquelicos Floréal an 8.</p><p>27. Il va fleurir cheveux et fichus. Robe de gaze Floréal an 8</p><p>28. Elle est prête à cueillir Capotte ornée de jacinthe. Floréal an VIII.</p><p>29. Que lui conte-t-il Chapeau en coquille. Large pantalon de Nankin</p><p>30 Ne laissai-je rien Robe en organdis de couleur.</p><p>31. Venez vous reposer Pantalon du matin. Capotte en crêpe. Prair. an 8.</p><p>32. la lecture Chapeau à petit bord. Spencer sans manches.</p><p>33. le voila Robe à manches et franges noires. Mess. an 8.</p><p>34. Il a plu Chapeau à boucles. Therm. an 8.</p><p>35. Il ne vient pas ! Coiffure étrusque. Ceinture en X Therm. an 8.</p><p>36. Ah qu'il fait saud ! Caraco garni de dentelles Thermid. An 8.</p><p>37. les deux amies Capotte à boucles. Tunique de crêpe Fructid. an V III.</p><p>38. Adieu Foquet. Schall long. robe garnie de dentelle Fructid. an 8.</p><p>39. La réflexion coiffure formée de 3 bandes de dentelle.</p><p>40. Tenez vous droit Capotte à fond ouvert Vend an IX.</p><p>41. Elle y pense Paysane avec barbes liées sous le menton.</p><p>42. Baisez Maman Capotte de velours avec bande zébrée Brum an 9.</p><p>43. M. N. et Mme Large redingote à grand collet de velours. Schal d'hiver.</p><p>44. les aprets du bal coiffure étrusque costume grec.</p><p>45. la signature Coiffure en fichu et tresses de cheveux. Tunique à pointes.</p><p>46. Elle le boude Chapeau ovale. Voile froncé Floréal an 9.</p><p>47. Il ne m'a pas vu Coiffure arec un voile. Tunique de crêpe noir.</p><p>48. Plus posément Toquet noué sous le menton. Schall quarré.</p><p>49. la solitude Fichu posé en Marmotte. Corsage bouffant. Manches longues et larges.</p><p>50. la conversation mistérieuse voile formant coiffure. Robe boutonee Manches à l'anglaise.</p><p>51. Lui a-t-il tout rendu D. B. 1808.</p><p>52. Me trompe-t-i1 1808. </p><p>Ce recueil donne non seulement des modèles de vêtements mais plus encore " l'esprit du temps " avec des légendes amusantes parfois laconiques et cependant très expressives.</p><p>" <i>Série très rare de 52 pièces dessinées et gravées à l'eau-forte par Debucourt</i> ". Fenaille<i>L'oeuvre gravé de P.-L. Debucourt</i> pp. 71-122.</p><p>"<i>In his prime…Debucourt 1755-1832 ranked as the supreme master of engravings printed in color. He was already an accomplished genre painter in 1785 when he perfected his process of printing in color with five successive coppers which enabled him to achieve in his prints the delicacy the suavity and the freshness of painting itself</i>" Ray<i>The Art of the French Illustrated Book</i> p. 146.</p><p><b>Précieux exemplaire de cette rare et ravissante suite de 52 costumes de l'Empire finement rehaussés à l'aquarelle à l'époque.</b></p><p>OCLC/KVK localisent seulement 1 exemplaire complet de l'édition originale à la <i>Morgan Library</i>.</p> hardcover
1816297Contentum Ltd. Loose sheet. New. High-quality art print based on an original work from the Rijksmuseum. Created in the 18th century 1787. Professionally printed on premium fine-art paper Photo Matt Fibre in size A2. The artwork is printed with a white border museum-style presentation. Contentum Ltd. unknown
1816299Contentum Ltd. Loose sheet. New. High-quality art print based on an original work from the Rijksmuseum. Created in the 18th century 1787. Professionally printed on premium fine-art paper Museum Etching museum quality in size A2. The artwork is printed with a white border museum-style presentation. Contentum Ltd. unknown
1816296Contentum Ltd. Loose sheet. New. High-quality art print based on an original work from the Rijksmuseum. Created in the 18th century 1787. Professionally printed on premium fine-art paper Museum Etching museum quality in size A3. The artwork is printed with a white border museum-style presentation. Contentum Ltd. unknown
1816298Contentum Ltd. Loose sheet. New. High-quality art print based on an original work from the Rijksmuseum. Created in the 18th century 1787. Professionally printed on premium fine-art paper Photo Rag Bright White premium quality in size A2. The artwork is printed with a white border museum-style presentation. Contentum Ltd. unknown
1787015884Paris 1787. Early Printing . Single Sheet. Very Good. 25 1/2" x 18. Color Engraving. Laid Paper. Printed In Color Not With Later Coloring. Complete With Full Margins As Issued With Title In English And French Below The Image Which Is Approximately 21" X 11". This State Of The Plates Has The Third Large Female Figure From The Left In A Grey Dress With A Pink Waist. Philibert-Louis Debucourt 1755 - 1832 Was A French Painter And Engraver. Debucourt Was Born In Paris In 1755 And Became A Pupil Of Vien. He Executed A Few Plates In Mezzotint Such As The Heureuse Famille The Benediction De La Mariée And The Cruche Cassée After His Own Designs. Most Of His Work Was However In Aquatint. He Became The Leading Maker Of Multi-Plate Colour Prints Combining Washes Of Aquatint With Line-Engraving.2 He Used A Number Of Different Techniques But Most Involved Three Colour Plates And A Fourth Key Plate Outlining The Design In Black. Debucourt's Father-In-Law Was The Sculptor Louis-Philippe Mouchy. In The Marriage Contract Mouchy Generously Offered To Provide A Three-Room Apartment At The Louvre Where Debucourt Lived For Twelve And A Half Years. The Address Of This Apartment Is Often Given On His Prints. Some Of His Work Was Satirical Such As La Promenade Publique An Aquatint Of 1792 Showing A Crowd In The Gardens The Palais-Royal. As Well As Work From His Own Designs He Made Aquatints After Carle Vernet Including The Horse Frightened By A Lion The Horse Frightened By Lightning And The Strayed Huntsman. Debucourt Was Assisted For Some Years By His Pupil And Nephew Jean-Pierre-Marie Jazet. <br/> <br/> unknown
1787015885Paris 1787. Early Printing . Single Sheet. Very Good. 25 1/2" x 18. Color Engraving. Laid Paper. Printed In Color Not Colored Later. Complete With Full Margins As Issued With Title In English And French Below The Image Which Is Approximately 21" X 11". This State Of The Plates Has The Third Large Female Figure From The Left In A Greenish-Blue Dress With A Blue Waist. Philibert-Louis Debucourt 1755 - 1832 Was A French Painter And Engraver. Debucourt Was Born In Paris In 1755 And Became A Pupil Of Vien. He Executed A Few Plates In Mezzotint Such As The Heureuse Famille The Benediction De La Mariée And The Cruche Cassée After His Own Designs. Most Of His Work Was However In Aquatint. He Became The Leading Maker Of Multi-Plate Colour Prints Combining Washes Of Aquatint With Line-Engraving.2 He Used A Number Of Different Techniques But Most Involved Three Colour Plates And A Fourth Key Plate Outlining The Design In Black. Debucourt's Father-In-Law Was The Sculptor Louis-Philippe Mouchy. In The Marriage Contract Mouchy Generously Offered To Provide A Three-Room Apartment At The Louvre Where Debucourt Lived For Twelve And A Half Years. The Address Of This Apartment Is Often Given On His Prints. Some Of His Work Was Satirical Such As La Promenade Publique An Aquatint Of 1792 Showing A Crowd In The Gardens The Palais-Royal. As Well As Work From His Own Designs He Made Aquatints After Carle Vernet Including The Horse Frightened By A Lion The Horse Frightened By Lightning And The Strayed Huntsman. Debucourt Was Assisted For Some Years By His Pupil And Nephew Jean-Pierre-Marie Jazet. <br/> <br/> unknown
2187942Contentum Ltd. Loose sheet. New. High-quality art print based on an original work from the Rijksmuseum. Created in the 19th century 1817. Professionally printed on premium fine-art paper Photo Rag Bright White premium quality in size A2. The artwork is printed with a white border museum-style presentation. Contentum Ltd. unknown
2187940Contentum Ltd. Loose sheet. New. High-quality art print based on an original work from the Rijksmuseum. Created in the 19th century 1817. Professionally printed on premium fine-art paper Museum Etching museum quality in size A3. The artwork is printed with a white border museum-style presentation. Contentum Ltd. unknown
2187941Contentum Ltd. Loose sheet. New. High-quality art print based on an original work from the Rijksmuseum. Created in the 19th century 1817. Professionally printed on premium fine-art paper Photo Matt Fibre in size A2. The artwork is printed with a white border museum-style presentation. Contentum Ltd. unknown
2187943Contentum Ltd. Loose sheet. New. High-quality art print based on an original work from the Rijksmuseum. Created in the 19th century 1817. Professionally printed on premium fine-art paper Museum Etching museum quality in size A2. The artwork is printed with a white border museum-style presentation. Contentum Ltd. unknown
1865408Contentum Ltd. Loose sheet. New. High-quality art print based on an original work from the Rijksmuseum. Created in the 18th century 1789. Professionally printed on premium fine-art paper Museum Etching museum quality in size A3. The artwork is printed with a white border museum-style presentation. Contentum Ltd. unknown
1865409Contentum Ltd. Loose sheet. New. High-quality art print based on an original work from the Rijksmuseum. Created in the 18th century 1789. Professionally printed on premium fine-art paper Photo Matt Fibre in size A2. The artwork is printed with a white border museum-style presentation. Contentum Ltd. unknown
1865410Contentum Ltd. Loose sheet. New. High-quality art print based on an original work from the Rijksmuseum. Created in the 18th century 1789. Professionally printed on premium fine-art paper Photo Rag Bright White premium quality in size A2. The artwork is printed with a white border museum-style presentation. Contentum Ltd. unknown
1865411Contentum Ltd. Loose sheet. New. High-quality art print based on an original work from the Rijksmuseum. Created in the 18th century 1789. Professionally printed on premium fine-art paper Museum Etching museum quality in size A2. The artwork is printed with a white border museum-style presentation. Contentum Ltd. unknown
1820902872AGParis, [um 1820]. Aquatinta mit Punktierstich 29,5 x 23 cm (hoch), Blattgröße 32,5 x 24,5 cm.
18994519Tirage à 315 exemplaires : un des 300 sur papier vélin à la forme. Superbe ouvrage. 1/2 chagrin violet, dos à nerfs orné, filets dorés sur les mors, covertures conservées. Reliure Seigneur Paris Morgand 1899 1 volume grand in-4°
51-4752Paris: Imprimerie royale 1819. Large folio. New full calf by the artisan bookbinder Sasha Mosalov. Part of original spine and front cover title preserved Complete with 80 plates.Colas 1089; Brunet II 1337; not in OCLC.Nicolas Nicolaides: Baron Louis Nicolas Philippe Auguste de Forbin later count de Forbin la Roque-d'Anthéron 1777 – ΠαÏίσι 1841 was a French painter author and antiquarian. He was also a pupil of painter Jacques-Louis David. During the Bourbon restauration Forbin served as general director of the Louvre Museum and other museums of France.Inspired by the travels of François-René de Chateaubriand Forbin sailed out from Toulon on 22 August 1817 to tour the eastern Mediterranean. Like Chateaubriand Forbin travelled on his own initiative without an order from the French government; however since the aim of his journey was to discover Greek and Roman antiquities and to draw landscapes of the places he would visit he was able to travel on the ships of the French fleet of the Levant Flotte du Levant.In his venture Forbin was accompanied by painters Pierre Prevost and Léon Matthieu Cochereau also a pupil of David and a nephew of Prévost as well as architect Jean-Nicolas Huyot. Abbé de Forbin-Janson later bishop of Nancy was also a member of the company for the first part of the journey while Huyot had to retire when he fractured his leg on Milos island. In addition twenty-four year old Cochereau died of dysentery off the coast of Cythera and was replaced by Linant de Bellefonds who at the time was a mate on "Cleopatra" the mission's ship. De Bellefonds resigned from his position on the ship and participated in the expedition as a painter and chartographer. When the expedition ended in December of 1817 de Bellefonds decided to stay on in Egypt and explored its territory as member of several missions. From 1831 to 1869 he served the kingdom of Egypt as chief engineer of several public works including the Suez Canal.The expedition sailed to Acre Galilee and thenceforth travelled by land. While in Palestine the travellers visited the Dead Sea and Jordan river reached Cairo and sailed the Nile down to Upper Egypt. The main places they visited includde Milos island Athens Constantinople Ephesus Acre Jerusalem Gaza Damietta Cairo Luxor Thebes Rosetta and Alexandria. When the expedition returned to France in April 1818 Forbin had spent approximately 28.000 francs on the purchase and transportation of antiquities some of which ended up in the Louvre collections at the time Royal Museum of France. Prevost drew panoramic views of Jerusalem and Athens but succumbed to pneumonia in 1823 without completing his panorama of Constantinople.The descriptions of Forbin show him to be a mature observer in possession of deep humanistic culture. Forbin also travelled to Sicily in 1820 and published his travel account as he had done with his expedition of 1817.Moyen-Orient - FORBIN Claude Comte de. Voyage dans le Levant. Paris Imprimerie Royale 1819.Atlas seul in-folio 74 x 55 cm ; demi-maroquin rouge à coins dos lisse orné. 3 ff. 110 pp. 1 f. pp. 111-132 80 planches numérotées 1-78 dont 70 lithographies par Baltard Bourgeois Fragonard Lecomte Vernet… d’après Forbin Vernet Isabey et Fragonard 8 aquatintes par Debucourt et 2 plans in fine.L'atlas in-folio qui accompagne l'édition originale du Voyage dans le Levant en 1817 et 1818 de Forbin ne fut tiré qu'à 325 exemplaires.Peintre et archéologue élève de David le Comte de Forbin fut nommé par Louis XVIII directeur du Musée du Louvre. Il entreprit ce voyage en Grèce en Asie Mineure en Palestine et en Égypte en 1817 et 1818 sur une frégate de l'escadre du Levant. Sa mission était d'acheter des antiquités pour le Louvre.De la bibliothèque Paul Lagrave avec son ex-libris au contreplat et de la bibliothèque du Comte François Chandon de Briailles 1892-1953 descendant des fondateurs de la fameuse maison de Champagne avec son ex-libris sur la première garde. Paris: Imprimerie royale, 1819. unknown
51-3962Paris: Imprimerie royale 1819. Large folio. 67 x 50 cm. New half Sakora goatskin with marbled boards preserving the original label by the artisan binder Sasha Mosalov. Plate volume only with 71 of 80 plates lacking plates 3 15 17 25 40 52 55 73. Lacking the title page. Some stains in the margins. Very good.Colas 1089; Brunet II 1337; not in OCLC.Written by Nicolas Nicolaides: Baron Louis Nicolas Philippe Auguste de Forbin later count de Forbin la Roque-d'Anthéron 1777 – ΠαÏίσι 1841 was a French painter author and antiquarian. He was also a pupil of painter Jacques-Louis David. During the Bourbon restauration Forbin served as general director of the Louvre Museum and other museums of France.Inspired by the travels of François-René de Chateaubriand Forbin sailed out from Toulon on 22 August 1817 to tour the eastern Mediterranean. Like Chateaubriand Forbin travelled on his own initiative without an order from the French government; however since the aim of his journey was to discover Greek and Roman antiquities and to draw landscapes of the places he would visit he was able to travel on the ships of the French fleet of the Levant Flotte du Levant.In his venture Forbin was accompanied by painters Pierre Prevost and Léon Matthieu Cochereau also a pupil of David and a nephew of Prévost as well as architect Jean-Nicolas Huyot. Abbé de Forbin-Janson later bishop of Nancy was also a member of the company for the first part of the journey while Huyot had to retire when he fractured his leg on Milos island. In addition twenty-four year old Cochereau died of dysentery off the coast of Cythera and was replaced by Linant de Bellefonds who at the time was a mate on "Cleopatra" the mission's ship. De Bellefonds resigned from his position on the ship and participated in the expedition as a painter and chartographer. When the expedition ended in December of 1817 de Bellefonds decided to stay on in Egypt and explored its territory as member of several missions. From 1831 to 1869 he served the kingdom of Egypt as chief engineer of several public works including the Suez Canal. The expedition sailed to Acre Galilee and thenceforth travelled by land. While in Palestine the travellers visited the Dead Sea and Jordan river reached Cairo and sailed the Nile down to Upper Egypt. The main places they visited includde Milos island Athens Constantinople Ephesus Acre Jerusalem Gaza Damietta Cairo Luxor Thebes Rosetta and Alexandria. When the expedition returned to France in April 1818 Forbin had spent approximately 28.000 francs on the purchase and transportation of antiquities some of which ended up in the Louvre collections at the time Royal Museum of France. Prevost drew panoramic views of Jerusalem and Athens but succumbed to pneumonia in 1823 without completing his panorama of Constantinople.The descriptions of Forbin show him to be a mature observer in possession of deep humanistic culture. His style sometimes resembles a clumsy imitation of Chateaubriand's "Journey to the Holy Land" 1806. However as Forbin was not a professional author but a painter his descriptions are way more exact than those of Chateaubriand.Forbin also travelled to Sicily in 1820 and published his travel account as he had done with his expedition of 1817. Paris: Imprimerie royale, 1819. hardcover
4503Editions de la R.M.N., Paris, 1985. In-8, broché sous couverture illustrée en noir, 126 pp. Préface - Introduction - Cochin le Fils - Les Saint-Aubin - Les Moreau - Janinet - Descourtis - Debucourt - Index des graveurs - Index des architectes, sculpteurs, peintres et dessinateurs - Dessins et peinture sur porcelaine du cabinet des ...
16-4572Paris: E. Bernard et Cie 1896. Folio. 53 x 41cm. Original boards worn. Title page with loss; most pages with marginal tears. Sheets loose as issued. 94 plates are called for and they are out of order in this copy; likely not complete and priced accordingly. Sold as a collection of prints.Grand in-folio en feuilles portefeuille de l'éditeur. Première édition de cet album de 94 planches reproduisant des dessins et des plans inédits du Paris révolutionnaire. Mareuse n° 719.- Barroux n° 177. Paris: E. Bernard et Cie, 1896 hardcover
