Louis le lorrain (3 Ergebnisse)

Broché. Zustand: Etat moyen. in-8 Description :221 pp. Couverture salie et frottée. Accroc sur le bas du dos. Langue : Français Nb de volumes : 1.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition, Illustrated Edition. "An exceptional copy of this seminal Enlightenment urban planning work, uniquely preserving both the 1755 Permission and 1756 Privilége du Roi variant title pages bound into the first volume. This rare composite configuration offers a unique bibliographical timeline of the book's evolution from a provisional printing permit to official royal backing." 8vo.2 volumes, from 3. (2), xiv pp, (15)-239 pp, (1); 224 pp; Tome I, 2 title pages, 2 different dates 1750 & 1751. The two volumes are bound in contemporary 18th-century mottled calfskin. The covers feature an exceptionally fine and wide gilt-tooled dentelle border [3] framing the edges with intricate lace-like scrollwork, floral motifs, and corner flourishes. The outer rims of the boards are decorated with a delicate gilt geometric roll, and the inner edges (turn-ins) are finished with internal gilt dentelles. The edges of the text block are fully gilt (tranches dorées), and the volumes retain their original vibrant marbled endpapers. The author arranged for the present work to be printed in a most striking manner, with each pages verso left blank, so that his enlightened reader might make their own notes and observations on his proposals. Tightly bound, pages are mostly extremely fine. Some pages have light foxing, see the last two images. Pages 145 to 168 in v lI are a darker paper, see images. Please view the photographs for more information. Registered postage. Tracking details will be forwarded to the purchaser. Charles Eisen, Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain, Louis-Claude Legrand, Étienne Fessard (illustrator).…

'FORTES CREANTUR FORTIBUS / PROSPETTIVA DELLA PRIMA MACCHINA CON LA QUALE S'INTENDE RAPPRESENTARE IL NASCIMENTO D'UN FIGLIO DI VENERE E MARTE [.] L'ANNO 1748.'Allegorical scene with monumental temporary architecture on clouds, figures of gods and virtues surrounding a temple-like structure. Celebratory composition for royal birth.Made by Louis Joseph Le Lorrain after own design.Medium: Etching / engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.Sheet size: 45 x 39.3 cm (17.72 x 15.47 inch). Image size: 45 x 39.3 cm. (17.72 x 15.47 inch).CHINEA, ROME, EPHEMERAL ARCHITECTURE, LE LORRAIN, 1748, FESTA DELLA CHINEA, BAROQUE, CHARLES III, ALLEGORY, PRINT | PCO-B8-46BACKGROUND INFORMATIONFor: 'Festa della Chinea', 1748, Rome. Michelangelo Specchi as architect; Francesco Scardovelli, pyrotechnician of Castel Sant'Angelo. The Festa della Chinea, which roughly translates as 'Festival of the Wandering Nag', was a historic festival held in Rome bi-annually until the late eighteenth century (1788), in which the viceroy of the Kingdom of Naples was required to pay his homage to the pope. This entailed, among other things, the offering of a white horse ('nag') that formed part of a procession through the streets of Rome.Reference: Kupferstich-Kabinett Dresden, Inv. A 112380.Biography engraver: Louis Joseph Le Lorrain (1715-1759) was a French painter and engraver. Active in Paris and Rome, he was known for historical and architectural subjects, including ephemeral festival designs. Condition: good, given age. Light foxing, creasing and soiling. Original middle fold as published. Bottom margin with some added margin. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully. Louis Joseph Le Lorrain (illustrator). …