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186019032106Prag Prague: Adolf Kuranda 1860. Hardcover. Very good. Quarto size 64 pp. text entirely in German. Charles-Antoine Coypel 1694-1752 served as "First Painter to the King" to the French court succeeding to that role in 1722 upon the death of his father who along with his father before him were both artists. This series of illustrations were drawn by Coypel as designs for a collection of tapestries for the Gobelins manufactory; the illustrations "were painted as cartoons for tapestries and were engraved and published in a deluxe folio in Paris in 1724" n.b. per Wiki.<br/><br/>According to some Coypel "was the first to illustrate Don Quixote in a sophisticated manner". We all know the story: Miguel de Cervantes 1547-1616 tells of the adventures of the nobleman Alonso Quixano who after reading many chivalric romances decides to set out on a quest to revive chivalry under the name Don Quixote de la Mancha; he imagines himself as a knight on a noble mission to fight for justice in the world even though the world he lives in no longer resembles his romantic fantasies.<br/><br/>This volume presents thirty-one of Coypel's irresistable illustrations of Cervantes' renowned novel with an excerpt from the text below in German this copy published in Prague likely in 1860 the copyright date. As of this writing there are two copies of this title online but published in Vienna with no copies of this Prague publication. Auction records locate a single copy of the Vienna publication and none from Prague; OCLC locates two copies of this Prague publication at the University of California Berkeley and the Huntington Library.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Bound in full aubergine cloth gilt lettering and decorations debossed on the front board blind-debossed decorative borders on both boards yellow coated endpapers the first leaf consists of the title page with a list of illustrations on the verso the following leaves with the illustrations and printing only on the recto; quarto size 11" by 8 5/8" pagination: 1-2 followed by thirty-one unnumbered leaves of illustrations. Please note that the text is entirely in German.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: Very good overall with a strong square text block with solid hinges the interior is clean the contents collate complete the only prior owner markings being on the front pastedown one small vintage label for "Friedrich Munchrath" in Sioux City Iowa and next to that a newer label with a name and address hand-written; we had a professional restorer name available upon request repaid the head and tail of the spine and the hinges which are now strong and sturdy; the volume shows overall exterior soil the corners are somewhat rubbed there is a vintage prior bookseller price of $2.00 on the upper corner of the front free endpaper and the interior shows toning foxing and the occasional small old dampstain.<br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details.<br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Adolf Kuranda hardcover books
17461669411746. CERVANTES. Les Principals Aventures de Don Quichote. Complete suite of 31 plates 1 headpiece and 1 vignette by Coypel Picart et al. some mounted on strong paper. Folio 368 x 252 mm bound in nineteenth-century French red half morocco over embossed paper boards embossed white endpapers. The Hague: De Hondt 1746. A rare suite in first issue of the Coypel-Picart engravings produced to illustrate Cervantes text of 1746. The original paintings by Charles Coypel 1694-1752 illustrating Don Quixote now hanging at Compiègne-French Royal residence of Louis XV are considered his greatest works; the paintings were first reproduced in a large-folio suite of 25 prints issued in Paris in 1723. The above volume belongs to the reduced format edition issued in 1746 by De Hondt French and Dutch texts were available. This project was begun by Picart who died in 1733 necessitating the participation of Schley. Twenty five plates were executed after Coypel's designs; the others were after Boucher Cochin Le Bas and Tremolière. "It is not too much to say that the pictorial tradition associated with Cervantes' masterpiece owes as much to Coypel as to any other artist" Ray p. 13. PROVENANCE: Lenormand du Coudray 1712-1789 famed Orléans print-collector to whom Lugt nos. 1704-1706 devotes more than a column. Lugt's assertion that Lenormand du Coudray affixed his signature to the verso of nearly every print he owned holds true in the present volume: each plate is elaborately inscribed with his monogram and date of acquisition "2 Feb. 1756" i.e. only ten years after they were published. It makes sense that Lenormand du Coudray would purchase the suite without text as he was interested in graphic art and further they are consecutively numbered by him in contemporary MS. Ashbee Iconography of Don Quixote no. 43. Ray French no. 4 error in collation: the "frontispiece" is a ghost. hardcover books