Accession number
PML 140217-18
Creator
Sergent-Marceau, Antoine François, 1751-1847.
Published
A Paris : Chez Blin, maître imprimeur en taille-douce ..., [1786-1792]
Credit line
Bequest; Gordon N. Ray; 1987.
Notes
Engraved title page and dedication leaf followed by 192 plates dated 1786-1792 comprising oval medallion portraits of illustrious French men and women with engraved captions, alternating with half-page scenes of their actions and deeds with long engraved legends printed in double column beneath the captions.
Dedication signed: Pierre Blin.
Aquatints with line and stipple (some plates possibly touched with a rocker) printed in color from multiple plates, executed by Sergent, his wife "Mme de Cernel", J. Morret, Ridé, L. Roger and Le Coeur, after designs by Sergent (about 138), Desfontaines, Naigeon, Le Barbier, Bénard, F. Gérard and Duplessis-Berteaux.
"Dédiés au roi."
Library's copy has 130 color-printed plates (of 192) only, containing the following livraisons: A, F, H, N, P, Y, &, AA, BB, CC,, UU, and XX; the following incomplete livraisons: B3-16, C5-6, 9-42; D3-6, E1-4, G1-10, K3-6, 5-8, L1-6, 3-4, O3, 3, Q1-2; lacking the following livraisons: I, M, EE, NN, FFF, JJJ, and OOO.
Dedication signed: Pierre Blin.
Aquatints with line and stipple (some plates possibly touched with a rocker) printed in color from multiple plates, executed by Sergent, his wife "Mme de Cernel", J. Morret, Ridé, L. Roger and Le Coeur, after designs by Sergent (about 138), Desfontaines, Naigeon, Le Barbier, Bénard, F. Gérard and Duplessis-Berteaux.
"Dédiés au roi."
Library's copy has 130 color-printed plates (of 192) only, containing the following livraisons: A, F, H, N, P, Y, &, AA, BB, CC,, UU, and XX; the following incomplete livraisons: B3-16, C5-6, 9-42; D3-6, E1-4, G1-10, K3-6, 5-8, L1-6, 3-4, O3, 3, Q1-2; lacking the following livraisons: I, M, EE, NN, FFF, JJJ, and OOO.
Description
2 v., ([194] leaves of plates) : chiefly col. ill. (aquatint), ports. ; 34 cm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Contemporary 1/2 calf.
Classification
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