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Paul Androuet Du Cerceau
1623-1710
Le 1er livre de divers Ornemens
Binding: 8 11/16 x 12 1/4 inches (220 x 310 mm); leaves: 12 1/8 x 8 1/2 inches (309 x 216 mm); drawings: approx. 6 x 9 1/16 inches (153 x 230 mm)
Six etchings on paper and four red chalk drawings on paper.
1985.98:1
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman.
Notes
Watermark: countermark of coat of arms with a fleur-de-lis (similar to Heawood 627), on drawings, 1, 3, and 4.
Six etchings, numbered from one to six, five of which depict the life and labors of Hercules; four red chalk drawings, the first of which has apparently been counterproofed in the preparation of the title page.
Six etchings, numbered from one to six, five of which depict the life and labors of Hercules; four red chalk drawings, the first of which has apparently been counterproofed in the preparation of the title page.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on the title page in pen and brown ink, "Le l.er Liure de / Diuers Ornements / de feuillages, en / forme de pannaeaux- / a l'usage de ceux / qui excercent le dessein / inuentez et grauez / par androuet ducerceau"; numbered at lower left in graphite, "I".
Associated names
Wrightsman, Jayne, donor.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twenty-First Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984-1986. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1989, p. 314-315.
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