[OUDRY] SCARRON. Collection of 26 Grotesque Subjects representing the most interesting passages of the life of Ragotin, taken from Scarron's Roman comique and engraved after the drawings of Oudry, Painter of the King, with the description at the bottom of each Print. Sold in Paris, sd (circa 1750), in-folio bound in half basane with worn corners, leather missing, spines split. Complete suite of 26 very beautiful and important prints by J.-B. Oudry, the first ten engraved by himself and the last 3 full-page. Of great rarity.

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