Portraits des Grands Hommes, Femmes illustres, et Sujets mémorables de France, gravés et imprimée en Couleurs, dedies au Roi.

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Folio (13 1/8 x 9 4/8 inches). Engraved and etched title-page in sepia, engraved dedication leaf by Beaublé and 192 color-printed engraved portraits and plates by Sergent, Ridé, Morret, Madame de Cernel, Roger and others (some occasional light marginal spotting a bit heavier on last leaf). Near contemporary diced gilt panelled calf, the spine in six compartments with five pairs of raised bands, gilt-lettered in one, the others decorated with fine gilt tools, gilt decorated inner dentelles, all edges gilt, silk marker (hinges a bit tender). Provenance: from the library of Jacques Levy, his sale, Sotheby's, 20th April 2012, lot 300 First edition, bound from the original parts of a celebrated work in the history of colour printing. 'This extraordinary work of colour printing, issued in Paris by Blin, included 192 aquatint plates and was published in 48 parts. It carried out a consistent scheme of oval portraiture with engraved description and arms below, followed by a notable episode from the life of that hero or heroine of France, and two columns of the half-page in engraved italic to describe the historical event. Thus it was a book of aquatint and engraving, with no type setting. It is, as colour-printing, an harmonious and excellent achievement' (Franklin). Importantly the second plate is dedicated to "Independance des Etats-Unis", commemorating the Treaty of Amity and Commerce signed by Louis XVI and Benjamin Franklin on the 6th February 1777; those Frenchmen who fought for American Independence: Le Comte d'Estang, le Marquis de la Fayette, le Comte de Rochambeau. Cohen-de Ricci, 951; Franklin, Catalogue of Early Colour Printing, p. 53; Ray, French, 86; Matterlin 1976-78, p. 66. N° de ref. del artículo 72lib743

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Título: Portraits des Grands Hommes, Femmes ...
Editorial: Paris: chez Blin, [1786-1792].
Encuadernación: Encuadernación de tapa dura
Ejemplar firmado: Firmado por el autor
Edición: 1ª Edición