VIEWS OF SEVERAL SMALL PLACES IN THE SUBURBS OF PARIS. Paris - Lot 208

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VIEWS OF SEVERAL SMALL PLACES IN THE SUBURBS OF PARIS. Paris - Lot 208
VIEWS OF SEVERAL SMALL PLACES IN THE SUBURBS OF PARIS. Paris, Chereau, n.d. (circa 1720). - A New Book of Figures and Horses for Learning to Draw with a Pen. Paris, Chéreau the Younger, 1726. - And other plates from series published by the Chéreau family around 1725. Oblong 16mo, marbled calfskin, spine with 4 raised bands (contemporary binding). A charming, eclectic collection of 69 engravings by or in the style of Sébastien Le Clerc, drawn from series published by François Chéreau, his widow, or Jacques Chéreau, known as “the Younger,” in the first half of the 18th century. Some plates are signed, and all are numbered. Most depict views and landscapes. The collection includes: - 12 plates drawn and engraved by Morize (nos. 1–12) - 12 plates engraved by P. Benazech (or “P. Ben”) (nos. 2–12, with no. 7 appearing twice) - 4 plates signed S. Le Clerc - 10 plates for the *Nouveau Livre de Figures… pour apprendre a designer a la plume* (nos. 1–10) - 31 unsigned plates from at least two distinct but very similar series. The binding is slightly rubbed, with small stains on a few plates.
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