Live auction - Lot 476
[Architecture - Decoration]
2 illustrated works.
19th-20th c
€ 120 / 150
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Lot description
1. Percier, Charles; Fontaine, Pierre François Léonard - Recueil de décorations intérieures comprenant tout ce qui a rapport à l'ameublement [...]. Paris, se vend chez les auteurs, Ducamp, Joubert, Coeffier, 1801. Folio (title lacking; some foxing). Mod. three-quarter purple calf (covers rubbed, untrimmed copy). First edition illustrated with 72 plates (fig. furniture, candelabra, the Emperor's throne at the Tuileries) and 1 headpiece. - 2. Delafosse, Jean-Charles - Réimpression de la nouvelle iconologie historique dédiée aux artistes. Paris, Librairie d'art et d'archéologie, F. Contet, 1911. Folio. Loose, in a folder. Facsimile of the 1768 Paris ed. of "Nouvelle iconologie historique ou Attributs hiéroglyphiques [...]". Contains a title, 1 "Table indicative des différentes parties de l'iconologie" and 110 plates (incl. 15B & 90B) fig. vases, "trophées", fireplaces, fountains, etc. Pl. 39 is lacking but replaced by a copy from the ed. of Guérinet, ca. 1900. Joined: 27 plates from the last edition, i.e. 2 titles and pl. 78-103 (pasted two by two on thicker ff.).
Prov. Xavier Duquenne (ms. entry).