181 - Composite volume

Composite volume with 62 copper plates. Present: 17 copper plates from N. Ozanne, Cahiers des principales manoeuvres, a series of 8 further copper plates on ships and 35 further copper plates of other motifs from 3 series, as well as 2 single sheets. Together 62 copper plates. Paris and Rome (1749-ca.1814). (42.5 x 28.5 cm. 19th century rococo-style cloth with rich gilt spine, gilt cover, blind-stamped cover vignettes, gilt edges and inner edges; edges rubbed. Contains in detail: 3 sets by or after N. Ozanne - 1st Premier cahier des principales manoeuvres de la Marine. Paris, F. Chereau widow, (1749). 6 num. Copper plates (incl. allegorical title) - Fine illustrations on shipbuilding. - 2nd (Cahier de vaisseaux) Dédié a monsieur de Rouille, ministre de la Marine. Paris, F. Chereau widow, (ca. 1750). Copper plates 1-5 (of 6). - Decorative scenes of ships of the French navy. - 3. vue de ... Brest (et Toulon). Paris, F. Chereau widow, (ca. 1757). 6 num. Copper plates. - Views of the harbor of Brest (5) and of Toulon (1) with navy ships and boats, engraved by the sisters Jeanne Françoise and Marie Jeanne Ozanne. - Auffret, Les Ozanne pp. 66f and 70f; Polak 7233 - First impression of the fine plates. "Un document de grande valeur pour la connaissance de la Marine au XVIIIe sciècle" (Polak). The set comprises a total of 32 plates. - Also: 4th Cahier de vaisseaux et galéres. Paris, J. F. Chereau, (ca. 1780). 8 num. Copper plates. - Views and cross-sections (2) of various ship types, engraved by (Claude) Randon. - 2 pp. with marginal tear. - Prebound: 5th set of 5 portrait engravings of Spanish officers by T. Lopez Enguidanos, R. Esteve and others after J. Galvez, J. Garcia and J. Rodriguez. O. O. ca. 1814 - Portraits of Martin de la Carrera, Juan Martin, J. Palafoxy Melci, Juan Palaréa, Juan Tapia. - Heavier foxing - 6. L. Agricola. (portraits after Raffaello Santi). Rome, A. Franzetti, (c. 1810). Series of 25 copper plates, designed by P. Fontana, G. Bortignoni, A. Regona and others - Portraits of personalities of antiquity such as Horace, Pythagoras, Socrates, Plato, Homer, as well as of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance: Giulio Romano, Raphael himself, Ariosto, Petrarca, Averroes, A. Tebaldeo, Dante, Boccaccio and others - 7. J. C. Delafosse. Deuxieme livre de trophées, contenant divers attributs de Guerre. Paris, Chereau, (ca. 1780). Decorated. Title and 5 copper plates. - Ornamental engraved cat. Bln. 465; Millard I, 58, 38. - Each plate 2 large vignettes from milit. Attributes of different times and cultures. 3 plates somewhat trimmed at foot. - Bound between 2 single sheets: - 8th portrait of Pius VI. Engraving by A. Campanella after M. Ronconi. (ca. 1780). - Traces of creasing, mounted. - 9. double portrait of Francis II and Maria Theresa. Anon. Engraving. (ca. 1780). - Overall with wide margins, faint foxing, the Spanish officers and Pius VI stronger. Officers and Pius VI stronger. Few portraits with creases. - 19th century leather in rococo style with rich spine gilt, cover gilt, blind-stamped cover vignettes, standing and inside edge gilt; Edges rubbed. - Overall with wide margins, faint foxing, the Spanish officers and Pius VI stronger. Officers and Pius VI more heavily. Few portraits with crease marks.