Null Drawn and engraved by Sébastien LECLERC (1676-1763).
Episodes from the Old …

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Drawn and engraved by Sébastien LECLERC (1676-1763). Episodes from the Old and New Testaments: fourteen plates probably from the Histoire sacrée en tableaux. Etchings, some signed in the plate, trimmed proofs. Height 5.5 cm - Width: 7.5 cm Together in twelve frames.

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Drawn and engraved by Sébastien LECLERC (1676-1763). Episodes from the Old and New Testaments: fourteen plates probably from the Histoire sacrée en tableaux. Etchings, some signed in the plate, trimmed proofs. Height 5.5 cm - Width: 7.5 cm Together in twelve frames.

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