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186-2 - [MARQUET] BROSSES (Charles de). A Stay in Venice. Four informal letters by President de Brosses, with 31 etchings. Paris, Editions Textes Prétextes, 1947. A quarto-sized volume in loose-leaf format with an illustrated cover and a cardboard slipcase.
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[MARQUET] BROSSES (Charles de). A Stay in Venice. Four informal letters by President de Brosses, with 31 etchings. Paris, Editions Textes Prétextes, 1947. A quarto-sized volume in loose-leaf format with an illustrated cover and a cardboard slipcase. 31 original etchings by Albert Marquet (1875–1947), arranged as follows: a frontispiece, 4 color chapter headings, 26 black etchings in the text, and a color composition reproduced on the cover based on a watercolor by the artist. The text comprises four letters written by Charles de Brosses (1709–1777), president of the Parliament of Burgundy, to his friends during his stay in Venice in August 1739. A print run of 290 copies; this one is one of 240 printed on Lana vellum. One of the finest books illustrated by Albert Marquet, whose body of engraved work remains relatively limited. A very fine, complete copy, including the publisher’s introductory prospectus.
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