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Portrait of a child. Pencil drawing

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Portrait of a child. Pencil drawing

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VOLTAIRE (François Marie Arouet de): Zadig, ou la Destinée, Histoire Orientale by Mr. de Voltaire. London, G. Sidney for Polidori, 1799. One volume. 7 by 11.1 cm. Portrait-204 pages and 13 engraved plates hors-texte (complete). Full contemporary red long-grained morocco, smooth spine decorated with fillets, boards framed with a gilt chain, fillet on cups, inner lace, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Slight black marks on the binding, some foxing in the text, mainly on the engravings. A fine copy nonetheless. First Polidori edition. Rare illustrated edition of Voltaire's philosophical novel, printed in London for Gaetano Polidori (1764-1853), father of John William Polidori and grandfather of Dante Gabriel and Christina Rossetti. He translated a number of works into Italian, including Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto and John Milton's Paradise Lost. He published numerous works, including those of his grandchildren, and set up a private press in his London home. The text is accompanied by an attractive suite of thirteen plates and two vignettes drawn and engraved by Le Coeur. Also included: VOLTAIRE (François Marie Arouet de): Poëmes, épitres et autres poésies. Genève, s.n., 1777. One volume. 6 by 11 cm. (4)-engraved portrait-200 pages. Contemporary full red morocco, ornate smooth spine, black title-piece, boards with triple gilt framing, fillet on cups, inner lace, all edges gilt. Minor rubbing to boards, one corner dulled. Very good condition inside. A fine set of two works by VOLTAIRE in contemporary red morocco, and small format.

Exquisite and decorative portrait of a Valencian Lady, 18th century Spanish school, style of José Camarón y Bonarat (Segorbe 1731 – Valencia 1803) Oil on canvas measures: 82 x 62 cm, good condition, requires cleaning. Son of a family of artists, his father, Nicolás, worked as a sculptor for the Segorbe cathedral and for the Jesuit church in the same city. His mother, Damiana, was the sister of the miniaturist Eliseo Bonanat. Married in 1758 to Juliana Meliá, he had five children, who also dedicated themselves to the arts: José Ventura (Segorbe, 1759), José Juan (Segorbe, 1760 – Madrid, 1819), Manuel (Valencia, 1763 – Segorbe, 1806), Rafael (Valencia, 1772) and Eliseo (Valencia, 1780). José Camarón received his first humanist training from the Jesuits of Segorbe and his artistic training in the workshop of his father and his uncle, Mosén Eliseo Bonanat. F. Benito Domènech, Drawings by José Camarón Boronat on the life of Saint Joseph, Madrid, Instituto Diego Velázquez, 1987; R. Rodríguez Culebras, “Notes on some paintings from the Chapel of the University of Valencia”, in VV. AA., The Chapel of the University of Valencia, Valencia, 1990, pp. 125-136; AJ Gasco Sidro, Painters of Castellón: the Academy and the Camarón, Castellón, 1996; R. Rodríguez Culebras, “José Camarón. Drawings and engravings”, in VV. AA., Shrimp. Drawings and engravings, exhibition catalogue, Valencia, Bancaja Foundation, 1999; M. Hurtado Urrutia, "Our artists of yesterday, (A little explored territory)", in E. Cortijo (ed.), The mysteries of Cáceres, Cáceres, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Cáceres, 1998, pp. 175-177.