Accession number
PML 5638-39
Published
[Paris], [16--]
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1905.
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Collection of 170 engravings, chiefly portraits of the royal family, nobility, etc. in costume of the period, along with prints of classical and emblematical subjects such the elements, liberal arts, Muses, etc., engraved by Bonnart, Trouvain, Mariette & others. Plates in fine impressions.
Collection of 170 engravings, chiefly portraits of the royal family, nobility, etc. in costume of the period, along with prints of classical and emblematical subjects such the elements, liberal arts, Muses, etc., engraved by Bonnart, Trouvain, Mariette & others. Plates in fine impressions.
Description
2 v. (85, 85 prints) : engravings ; 54 cm
Provenance
Baron Achille Seillière (1813-1873), Bibliothèque de Mello, armorial binding; Bibliothèque de Mello sale, Sotheby's, 28 Feb. 1887, lot 875, to Bernard Quaritch for £105; J. Pierpont Morgan, purchased from Quaritch, Dec. 1905.
Binding
19th-century French gilt-tooled red morocco, with elaborate gilt-tooled green and red morocco doublures with Seillière monogram, Seillière arms on sides, by Charles Petit (signed: Petit Succade Simier).
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