Live auction - Lot 69
[French school]
Segmenta nobilium signorum et statuarum, quae temporis dentem invidium evasere Urbis æternæ ruinis erepta.
Paris, s.n., 1638
€ 150 / 200
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Lot description
Folio: [101] ff. (soiled at edges, (mostly marg.) spotting).
Later brown half cloth, limp covers (sl. used).
Splendid suite by the French painter and engraver F. Perrier (1584-1656), called "le Bourguignon", illustrating classical statues in Rome: i.a. Laocoon, Hercules Farnesianus, Marcus Aurelius. Contains an engr. dedication and 100 numb. full-page engrs (pls 99 & 100 double-page & folding). Without the index. Ref. Brunet IV:512. - Cicognara 3538. - Bn-Opale plus. - Cp. Berlin Kat. 4202.