Two engravings with religious subjects.

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Two engravings with religious subjects.

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Two engravings with religious subjects.

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BARBET (Jean) & BOSSE (Abraham). Livre d'architecture d'Autels et de Cheminées, dédié à Monseigneur l'Eminentissime Cardinal Duc de Richelieu etc., De l'invention et dessin de J. Barbet, Gravé à l'eau forte par A. Bosse. Paris, chez l'auteur et Tavernier, 1633. Small folio (30 x 20.5 cm) contemporary vellum with laces. [18] engraved leaves: [1] f. dedication, [1] notice to the reader, [1] f. title in an architectural frame, 5 plates of altars and 10 (of 12) plates of fireplaces. First edition of this very rare suite, here incomplete with 2 fireplace engravings. Stains and soiling, lower corner of ff. restored. "The conditions under which this work, engraved by Bosse after drawings by Jean Barbet (circa 1605 - before 1654), was produced are well documented, since, as Emmanuel Coquery points out, "it is the only French collection of ornaments from this period for which we still have a market". This archive document, dated February 25, 1630, mentions that Barbet undertook to work for Tavernier for two years on drawings commissioned from him. [...] The work bears a lengthy dedication by the author to Cardinal de Richelieu, as well as a particularly interesting warning to the reader, since Barbet specifies: "Having spent some time teaching what is beautiful in Paris, I have since practiced making this little Work, which I give you." It is therefore likely that examples of these fireplaces can be found in Parisian buildings. In 1630, when Barbet began working on this project, he was not yet the eminent architect he would become a few years later. First employed by Gaston d'Orléans in Blois in 1636, Jean Barbet, accompanied by his brother Denis, worked alongside Le Mercier on Richelieu's building sites. He was "contractor and architect to Monsieur, the King's only brother, and to the Richelieu buildings", before being appointed "architect to the King in Touraine". Several collections of fireplace designs were published in the 17th century, the most famous being those of Jean Marot (Livre des cheminées, Paris, 1661) and Jean Lepautre (Cheminées à la moderne, Paris, 1661), but the most important is that of Pierre Collot (Pièces d'architecture où sont compris plusieurs sortes de cheminées, Paris, 1633, drawings engraved by Antoine Lemercier), published in 1633, the same year as Barbet's work. E. Coquery points out that "the only piece of furniture that is really considered in engraving is the fireplace". Jean Barbet enlisted the collaboration of Abraham Bosse for this book, although it is possible that this choice was made by Tavernier, since he commissioned the work and Bosse was still engraving in his workshop at the time. The work contains five altar plates and twelve fireplace plates. Altars and fireplaces are, by their very nature, destined to decorate places of very different character, but they are brought together in the same book, without any incompatibility, as Barbet treats them with the same somewhat ostentatious opulence. These monumental mantels, with their luxurious, even exuberant decor, bear witness to the influence of the Fontainebleau school. The architectural and ornamental motifs are borrowed from the antique repertoire but interpreted in the Bellifont style. Cartouches, garlands of fruit and coiled leather frame a painting on the trumeau, the subject of which is borrowed from the Fable. Barbet, aided by Bosse's talent, thus offers us, in the course of the plates, the representation of an aulic and erudite art. [...]" BnF. "Jean Barbet (1605-before 1654), undoubtedly from Normandy, had a relatively fruitful career as a builder, working mainly on the Loire Valley sites in the shadow of Jacques Lemercier, Cardinal de Richelieu's architect. In 1633, he signed a contract with the Cardinal as "maître maçon à Paris" for the construction of thirty-two houses in Richelieu, where his presence is attested in 1634 as "entrepreneur des bastiments de ladite ville". In the same years, he also worked in Saumur, on the Notre-Dame des Ardilliers site, where, under the direction of Pierre Lemercier, he executed the plans of the latter's half-brother Jacques. He continued to work for the Lemercier clan from 1643 in Orléans, where he clashed with the architect over the construction of the Sainte-Croix spire. He also worked for Gaston d'Orléans in Blois from 1636. The Livre d'architecture project may have been linked to the construction of Notre-Dame des Ardilliers, which Richelieu had decided to renovate in 1632. Indeed, the sanctuary's high altar, completed in 1634, presented

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CHINA. Watercolor drawing with erotic subject depicting two Chinese couples in an interior. On the back, L'Hôtel de Ville de Paris. Black engraving

Estim. 250 - 500 EUR

OHARA KOSON: TWO WILD GEESE FLYING OVER SNOWY LANDSCAPE OHARA KOSON: TWO WILD GEESE FLYING OVER SNOWY LANDSCAPE By Ohara Koson (1877-1945), signed Koson with seal Koson Japan, early 20 th century Color woodblock print on paper. Vertical o-tanzaku. Signed Koson with seal Koson; publisher Daikokuya. Titled Two Wild Geese Flying over Snowy Landscape. Two white-fronted geese in flight in a snow-covered landscape. Stalks of Bamboo frame the design on the left, imparting a sense of depth. The white-fronted Goose was among Koson's favorite subject for prints. Image SIZE 36 x 19 cm, SIZE incl. frame 48.6 x 32.8 cm Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and slight browning of paper. Good impression and colors. Trimmed margins and minor creasing to the bottom-left corner. Mounted on a paper with tape to the top, behind a passepartout. Ohara Koson (1877-1945) was a Japanese painter and woodblock print designer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, part of the shin-hanga (“new prints”) movement. He is famous as a master of kacho-e (bird-and-flower) designs. Throughout a prolific career, in which he created around 500 prints, he went by three different titles: Ohara Hoson, Ohara Shoson, and Ohara Koson. Museum comparison: A closely related print, with similar seals, is in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number RES.51.138.

Estim. 3 000 - 4 000 EUR

RUSCELLI, Jerome. Le imprese illustri con espositioni, et discorsi. Venice, Francesco Rampazetto, 1566. 3 parts in one volume in 4to. 264x 195 mm. Binding in full brown leather, gold title on compartmented spine with gold friezes. Pages [20], columns 1-8, pages 9-136, columns 137-144, pages 145-344, columns 345-352, pages [4], 353-398, [18], 401-566, [1 with Editorial mark], 1 blank. Large figured capilettera engraved in woodcut, Editorial Branding to Frontispieces and at end. Three architectural Frontispieces, many illustrations with emblems in the text of different sizes, many half-page, 15 p.p. plates, 5 double-page plates, including 3 in-text and 2 out-of-text, including battle by Aeneas Vico, all copper-engraved. Total of 135 engravings. Ex Libris "Petri Cardinalis Ciriaci" pasted to the counterplate. Traces of use to binding, internally sporadic blooming and damp glazing, reinforcements to inner margins of some pages, overall good copy. First edition, beautifully illustrated. Important book of Emblems, fundamental to the research and study of heraldry. Hundreds of copper-engraved coats of arms of various sizes, including double-page spreads, with emblems of kings, queens and emperors depicting, within rich frames, a wide variety of subjects: animals, birds, plants, sun , stars, etc. Some branches are signed Nelli, Zenoi and Padovano and the remainder attributed to both Giacomo Franco and Girolamo Porro. Mortimer 449: "Ruscelli's Imprese is useful not only for the devices themselves but for the coat of arms included in the elaborate borders on most of the devices and for miscellaneous informations about the owners. "The illustrations are exceptional in their quality. The central double page, depicting the Battle of Mühlberg, is the work of Domenico Zenoni, then one of the most active engravers in Venice, particularly known for his depiction of contemporary events, from Enea Vico.Through the exploits of the princes, most of whom were still alive at the time of the work's composition, Ruscelli's book draws a true political map of mid-sixteenth-century Europe.There are the two most powerful royal families of the time, the Habsburgs and the Valois, and the company of the Ottoman sultan Suleiman the Magnificent. Ruscelli, the first author to emphasize this connection, gives an important place to women's exploits, revealing the influence that prominent women, such as Catherine de' Medici, acquired in the second half of the sixteenth century.In the dedication to King Philip II of Spain, the Author explains his intention to 'consecrate' the important lives of the princes he was about to publish here. Two different indexes follow. Among others, the Author depicts the coats of arms of Alfonso II Duke of Ferrara, Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, Bertoldo Farnese, Archduke of Austria Charles II, Cardinal Charles Borromeo, Emperor Charles V, King Charles IX of France, Catherine de' Medici, Pope Clement VII, Duke Cosimo de' Medici, Hercules II, Duke of Ferrara, Emperor Ferdinand I, King Philip II of Spain, Francesco Gonzaga, Isabella Gonzaga, Sforza Pallavicino, Sultan Suleiman and Guido Bentivoglio.Prestigious specimen of prestigious provenance, belonged to Cardinal Pietro Ciriaci, 1885 - 1966. A cardinal since 1953, he was appointed prefect of the Congregation of the Council in 1954. He actively participated in the work of the Second Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965. He participated in the 1958 conclave that elected John XXIII and the 1963 conclave that elected Paul VI.Mortimer 449, pp. 620-622. 3 parts in one volume in 4to. 264x195mm. Full brown leather binding, gilt title on the spine with gilt decorations. Pages [20], columns 1-8, pages 9-136, columns 137-144, pages 145-344, columns 345-352, pages [4], 353-398, [18], 401-566, [1 with Printer's Device], 1 blank. Large illustrated woodcut Initials, Printer's device on the title pages and at the end. Three architectural title pages, many illustrations with emblems in the text of different sizes, many on half-page, 15 plates on full page, 5 double-page plates, of which 3 in the text and 2 out the text, including the battle by Enea Vico, all engraved in copper. Total of 135 engravings. Ex Libris "Petri Cardinalis Ciriaci" glued to the inside cover. Traces of wear on the binding, internally sporadic foxing and signs of humidity, reinforcements on the inner margins of some pages, overall a good copy. First edition, beautifully illustrated. Important book of Emblems, fundamental for the research and study of heraldry. Hundreds of coats of arms engraved in copper of various sizes, even double-page, with emblems of kings, queens and emperors which depict, within rich frames, the most varied subjects: animals, birds, plants, sun, stars, etc. Some engravings are signed by Nelli, Zenoi and Padovano and the rest are attributed to both Giacomo Franco and Girolamo Porro. Mortimer 449: "Ruscelli's Imprese is useful not only for the

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