Accession number
PML 141430
Published
[La Haye : Pierre de Hondt, 1746]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Collection of engravings to illustrate the 1746 French edition of Don Quixote (Les principales avantures de l'admirable Don Quichotte / représentées en figures par Coypel, Picart le Romain, et autres habiles maitres: avec les explications des XXXI planches de cette magnifique collection, tirées de l'original espagnol de Miguel de Cervantes. La Haye : Pierre de Hondt, 1746).
Collection of engravings by B. Picart, J.V. Schley, P. Tanjé, and Fokke, after designs by Ch. Coypel (26), Cochin (2), Le Bas (1), Boucher (1), and Trémolièrs (1).
The plates are in a state before numbers.
Bound plates protected by guard sheets inscribed with manuscript captions in English.
Collection of engravings by B. Picart, J.V. Schley, P. Tanjé, and Fokke, after designs by Ch. Coypel (26), Cochin (2), Le Bas (1), Boucher (1), and Trémolièrs (1).
The plates are in a state before numbers.
Bound plates protected by guard sheets inscribed with manuscript captions in English.
Description
31 prints : etching with engraving ; 30 x 24 cm
Provenance
Bookplate of Thomas Hutton; bookplate of Harry Glemby; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Full green morocco tooled in gilt.
Classification
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