Anecdotes De La Bienfaisance Ou Anales Du Règne De Marie Thérèse Impératrice Douairière...1777
Pierre FROMAGEOT .Anecdotes de la bienfaisance, ou Annales du règne de Marie-Thérèse, impératrice douairière, Reine de Hongrie & de Bohême, Archiduchesse d'Autriche, &c. &c. &c... A Paris, chez Nyon l'aîné, Laporte, 1777.
In-8, 337 p., contemporary speckled havana calf, 5-ribbed spine, red morocco title-piece, ornate caissons, gilt fillet at the edges, red edges (2 corners crushed, qq. ff. a little yellowed).
Beautiful, wide-margined copy of this work dedicated to Queen Marie-Antoinette, with her copper-engraved portrait by Gaucher after Moreau le jeune in the medallion. It is further illustrated with a hors-texte portrait of Marie-Thérèse engraved by J. Cathelin after Ducreux, a header vignette with the portrait of Joseph II engraved on copper by Gaucher after Moreau le jeune, and 4 plates engraved by Duclos, de Launay, Prévost and Simonet, also after Moreau.
In-8, 337 p., contemporary speckled havana calf, 5-ribbed spine, red morocco title-piece, ornate caissons, gilt fillet at the edges, red edges (2 corners crushed, qq. ff. a little yellowed).
Beautiful, wide-margined copy of this work dedicated to Queen Marie-Antoinette, with her copper-engraved portrait by Gaucher after Moreau le jeune in the medallion. It is further illustrated with a hors-texte portrait of Marie-Thérèse engraved by J. Cathelin after Ducreux, a header vignette with the portrait of Joseph II engraved on copper by Gaucher after Moreau le jeune, and 4 plates engraved by Duclos, de Launay, Prévost and Simonet, also after Moreau.
280 €
Period: 18th century
Style: Louis 15th - Transition
Condition: Good condition
Material: Paper
Reference (ID): 1771045
Availability: In stock
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