{"title":"Hubert-François Gravelot","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"le-decameron","title":"Le Décameron.","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBOCCACE, Giovanni. Le Décameron.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLondres (Paris), S.e.,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e1757-1761.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn-8 (213 x 142 mm), 5 volumes : T1 - 320 pp ; T2 - [3] ff, 292 pp, [1] f. ; T3 - [3] ff, 203 pp, [3] ff ; T4 - [3] ff, 280 pp, [1] f. ; T5 - [3] ff, 269 pp, [2] ff. Full grained calf, triple framing of the boards, smooth spine decorated with flowers on the sides and a fleuron in the centre, olive title-piece, fillet on the edges, gilt edges, inner lace (\u003cem\u003econtemporary binding\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e‘\u003cstrong\u003eOne of the most successful illustrated books of the 18th century\u003c\/strong\u003e’, whose French edition “is more sought-after and often more expensive” (Cohen).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis translation, commissioned from Antoine Le Maçon by Marguerite d'Angoulême, is aimed at a literate readership with a taste for the language of the 16th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe edition is decorated with 5 title-frontispices, a portrait of the author, 110 hors-texte figures and 97 culs-de-lampe engraved in etching after drawings by Gravelot, Boucher, Eisen and Cochin. A very fine, wide-margined copy, Volume 2 of which contains the first-edition engravings - visible from the characteristic initials on the verso of the engravings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis was undoubtedly \u003cstrong\u003eGravelot's\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003efirst real masterpiece, and the Goncourt brothers praised his work:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e‘\u003cem\u003eA charming fantasy in which the pencil and imagination of the draughtsman, playing this time in the past which was only the past of the tales, dresses the Pampinées in the taste of the rue Saint-Honoré, transports on the architectural background of Saint-Sulpice the appointments of Santa Maria Novella, the horizon of Florence on a ground of the Grand-Trianon and thus makes a French translation where Boccaccio is arranged in the fashion of the ideal that the France of Louis XV makes of him\u003c\/em\u003e’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eScattered foxing and a few slightly browned leaves, some wear to the bindings, restorations to the lower cover and to the spine of volume 1.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCohen, 160 ; Goncourt, L'art du XVIIIe siècle, édition définitive. Post-face de Pol Neveux, P. Flammarion, S.d.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53754484326725,"sku":"0069","price":1800.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/image00109.jpg?v=1733097969"},{"product_id":"contes-de-boccace-traduction-nouvelle-augmentee-de-divers-contes-et-nouvelles-en-vers","title":"Contes de Boccace ; Traduction nouvelle, augmentée de divers Contes et Nouvelles en vers ...","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBOCCACE Giovanni, SABATIER DE CASTRES Antoine (Trad.). Contes de Boccace ; Traduction nouvelle, augmentée de divers Contes et Nouvelles en vers imités de ce Poëte célèbre, par La Fontaine, Passerat, Vergier, Perrault, Dorat et autres; et enrichie de Notes historiques sur les principaux personnages que Bocace a mis sur la scène, et sur les usages observés dans le siècle où il vivoit.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eParis, Poncelin,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/span\u003e1801.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn-12 (140 x 93 mm), 11 volumes: T1 - [3] ff, XX-276 pp, [1] f; T2 - [3] ff, 223 pp, [1] f; T3 - [3] ff, 247 pp, [1] f; T4 - [3] ff, 582 pp, [2] f; T5 - [3] ff, 267 pp, [1] f; T6 - [3] ff, 269 pp, [1] f; T7 - [3] ff, 202 pp, [2] f, 1] f. ; T6 - [3] ff, 269 pp, [1] f. ; T7 - [3] ff, 202 pp, [2] ff ; T8 - [3] ff, 257 pp, [1] f, [1] f. ; T9 - [3] ff, 323 pp, [1] f. ; T10 - [3] ff, XXVII-250 pp, [2] ff ; T11 - [3] ff, 414 pp, [1] f. Half blond calf, spine gilt ribbed, decorated with a double gilt fillet on the upper and lower parts, olive title page, red endpaper (\u003cem\u003elate 19th century binding\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCharming illustrated edition based on \u003cstrong\u003eillustrations by Gravelot, Cochin, Eisen and Boucher, with a total of 10 frontispieces and 99 plates engraved hors-texte\u003c\/strong\u003e, of which no. 7 is missing as it was not added to this edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnnotations in pencil in the volumes, small epidermis on the second cover of volume 3, small paper loss on the lower corner of page 1 of volume 7.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCohen, \u003cem\u003eGuide l'Amateur de livres à gravures du XVIIIe siècle\u003c\/em\u003e, 162.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53755711816005,"sku":"0277","price":400.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/12-image00012_4b044ac9-a3e0-48e7-a714-7a24ffe8984d.jpg?v=1733125118"},{"product_id":"etrennes-francoises-dediees-a-la-ville-de-paris-pour-lannee-jubilaire-du-regne-de-louis-le-bien-aime","title":"Étrennes françoises, dédiées à la ville de Paris ; pour l'année jubilaire du règne de Louis le Bien-Aimé","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"310\" data-end=\"489\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"310\" data-end=\"450\"\u003ePETITY (Jean-Raymond, Abbé). \u003cem data-start=\"341\" data-end=\"447\"\u003eÉtrennes françoises, dédiées à la ville de Paris ; pour l’année jubilaire du règne de Louis le Bien-Aimé\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"450\" data-end=\"453\"\u003eParis: Pierre-Guillaume Simon, 1766.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"491\" data-end=\"763\"\u003e8vo (248 × 178 mm). (3) ff., 68 pp. Contemporary full red morocco, triple gilt fillet border, \u003cstrong data-start=\"585\" data-end=\"621\"\u003earms at the centre of each cover\u003c\/strong\u003e, smooth spine gilt in repeated compartments with cornerpieces and central tools, gilt edges, gilt roll to board edges; a fine period binding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"765\" data-end=\"1012\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"765\" data-end=\"831\"\u003eFirst issue, with the arms of Louis XVI and the city of Paris.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"831\" data-end=\"834\"\u003eIllustrated with \u003cstrong data-start=\"851\" data-end=\"886\"\u003etwo plates of armorial bearings\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"888\" data-end=\"929\"\u003efive medallion figures by Saint-Aubin\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong data-start=\"935\" data-end=\"972\"\u003eone allegorical plate by Gravelot\u003c\/strong\u003e, engraved by Chenu, Duclos and Littret.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1014\" data-end=\"1291\"\u003eA second issue exists bearing the imprint of Desnos and including the almanac for 1768. A third issue contains the figures by Lélu engraved by Chenu after Petity’s designs. The present example, with the early suite of plates by Saint-Aubin and Gravelot, is the desirable first.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1293\" data-end=\"1435\"\u003eSmall restorations to head and foot of spine, discreet and well executed. Short tear to page 24. A \u003cstrong data-start=\"1392\" data-end=\"1418\"\u003ehandsome armorial copy\u003c\/strong\u003e, well preserved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1437\" data-end=\"1463\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1437\" data-end=\"1452\"\u003eReferences:\u003c\/strong\u003e Cohen 794.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56526505443653,"sku":"0730","price":1800.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/IMG_5177_jpg.jpg?v=1764663860"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.librairie-alexisnoque.fr\/en\/collections\/artiste-hubert-francois-gravelot.oembed","provider":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","version":"1.0","type":"link"}