Portalis Fragonard

Kunstgeschichte, Kunstgewerbe- und Handwerk. - Frankreich. Portalis, Roger Baron. Honore Fragonard. Sa Vie Et Son Ceuvre. Paris. Rothschild.1889.
Schöne und hervorragend ausgestattete Bibliographie mit 210 Abbildungen auf der vollen Buchseite. Der sehr schöne Einband gut erhalten, innen sauber und nur sehr selten einihe kleine Stockfleckchen. Gesamtauflage 1100 Exemplare, hier die Nummer 839. 210 Planches et Vignettes D' Apres Les Peintures, Estampes et Dessins Originaux Eaux-Fortes par LaLauze, Champollion, Courtry, De Mare, Wallet, Greux Veyrassat, Boilvin, Monzies, Salmon et Jazinski.; - With Portrait de Fragonard.; in places slightly foxy, otherwise in good condition.; French copy.; With Exlibris. Edition of 1100 books, this is number 839.

28,5 x 20,5 cm. XII., 348 S. Marm.Hldr.d.Zt.m.Rvg.u.marm.Buchschnitt. Leicht berieb.

[SW: Frankreich; Französische Kunstgeschichte, Kunstgewerbe, Kunsthandwerk; Künstler; Maler, Malerei; Zeichnungen]

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PONCE. The Engraved Works of Nicolas Ponce. c.1775 - 1822.
According to Benezit and Portalis-Beraldi, Nicolas Ponce (1746 - 1831) was a student of Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre (1713 - 1789), Etienne Fessard (1714 - 1777) and Nicolas Delaunay (1739 - 1792). As an engraver he produced primarily vignettes and book illustrations (for Ovid's Metamorphoses and Orlando Furioso, as well as for numerous treatises on art, architecture and aesthetics), and also reproductive prints after such artists as Pierre-Antoine Baudouin.The set of engravings presented here is the set owned and collected by Ponce himself: 'Ponce avait reuni tout ce qu-il avait grave, en un recueil in fol., compose d'epreuves de premier etat et d'eaux-fortes' (Portalis et Beraldi - Les Graveurs du dix-huitieme siecle. Vol. III, p. 339).This volume contains 406 engravings, preceded by a portrait of Ponce by Civeton dated 1822, although nearly all his engravings were executed in the 18th century. The larger number of them - 207 - are printed before letters. Many of Ponce's masterpiece engravings are present, including 'L'Enlevement Nocturne', 'Les Cerises', 'Annette et Lubin', and 'La Toilette', each engraved after paintings by Baudouin, many with the avant-lettre state. Fragonard is represented by two paintings - Le Pot au Lait and Le Verre d'Eau. They are present in early states with letters and without address.As well as individual prints, well-known series of engravings are present, including the eight designs Ponce produced for the series on the American war of Independence: 'Recueil d'Estampes representant les differents evenements de la Guerre qui a procure l'Independance aux Etats Unis de l'Amerique' (Paris, c.1780).Another ambitious series of engravings is 'Les Illustres Francais' (Paris 1790 - 1816), a glorification of the great men of France, is also present. The work was commenced in 1790, interrupted by the French Revolution, and resumed again in 1816. The designs are by Marillier, however Ponce had an influence on the composition and arrangement of illustrations as well as engraving the 56 plates.Much of Ponce's engraved work was done for the beautiful illustrations of 18th century French books, after the designs of Eisen, Cochin, Gravelot, Marillier, Moreau le Jeune and other masters. Among those here are the illustrations for Ariosto's 'Orlando Furioso', translated into the French by d'Ussieux (Paris, 1775 - 83) - consisting of 44 engravings, plus one proof plate; Ovid's 'Metamorphoses', translation by Banier (Paris, 1767 - 71) - 6 engravings after Eisen, Moreau and Monnet; Homer, L'Iliade (1786) - frontispiece and five plates after Marillier; Gessner, 'Oeuvres' (1786-1793) - ten plates after drawings of Le Barbier illustrating the Idylles; Berquin's 'Pygmalion' (1775) - four vignettes after Moreau; La Sainte-Bible, translation by Le Maistre de Sacy (1789 - 1804) - under the direction of Ponce whose nine plates are present in the collection.The volume also includes some examples of the work of Madame Ponce, nee Marguerite Hemery, the wife of Ponce and also an engraver.A wonderful compendium of Ponce's graphic oeuvre, this volume appears to be the very one mentioned by Portalis and Beraldi (in Les Graveurs de Dix-Huitieme Siecle - Paris 1880 - 82, 3 vols.), and is thus of supreme importance in the history of French engraving in the eighteenth century.

Folio. Bound in contemporary eighteenth-century mottled calf; banded spine, gilt, green leather title label on spine; marbled endpapers. With 406 engravings, each tipped-in, many with titles written in pencil beneath.

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PORTALIS, ROGER. Honore Fragonard. Sa vie et son oeuvre.

Paris, J. Rothschild, 1889. In 4to. 29 cm. Broche. Couvert. lithographiee et rempliee. xii-348 pp. de texte et 210 planches hors texte. Planches et vignettes d'apres les peintures, estampes et dessins originaux. Eaux-fortes par lalauze, Champollion etc. Couture correcte, tranches poussiereuses. Des rousseurs. Exemplaire numerote (no. 728) des 876 sur simili-japon. Poids: 3 kilogrammes.

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Portalis, Baron Roger: Honore Fragonard. Sa vie et son oeuvre. 210 planches et vignettes d'apres les peintures, estampes et dessins originaux; eaux-fortes par Lalauze, Champollion, Courtry, De Mare, Wallet, Greux, Veyrassat, Boilvin, Monzies, Salmon et Jazinski. Paris: Rothschild, 1889.

xii, 348pp., plates. In grand blue half-morocco with raised spines and gilt, panels preserving elegant coloured and gilt wrappers and spines, t.e.g.

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