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Voltaire 178 portraits, frontispieces...copper engravings, steel engravings, etchings
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Voltaire 178 portraits, frontispieces...copper engravings, steel engravings, etchings

Original title : Voltaire 178 portraits, frontispices...gravures sur cuivre, acier, eaux-fortes

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  • 20 x 6 cm
  • Plates

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Collection of 178 portraits of Voltaire: plates on heavy paper from the 18th & 19th centuries engraved & after Barrois, Largillière, Riffaut, Tardieu, Beisson, Couché, Lebrun, Bertonnier, Dupin, Robert Sayer, de Latour, Pourvoyeur, Langlois, Lemoyne, Cathelin, Hopwood, Loitard, Bonvoisin, Petit, Balechov, Melu, Marillier, Lebeau, Condee, Ducreux, Cazenave, Loir, Lefèvre, Frilley, Soliman, Bosselman, Simonet, Vivant Denon, Quenedey, Scrivan, Bonneville, Benoist, Le Coeur, Mariage,…

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20 x 6 cm
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Plates

Condition of this copy, as described by the bookseller

  • missing headpieces
  • a partially cracked hinge

Bookseller’s description

Collection of 178 portraits of Voltaire: plates on heavy paper from the 18th & 19th centuries engraved & after Barrois, Largillière, Riffaut, Tardieu, Beisson, Couché, Lebrun, Bertonnier, Dupin, Robert Sayer, de Latour, Pourvoyeur, Langlois, Lemoyne, Cathelin, Hopwood, Loitard, Bonvoisin, Petit, Balechov, Melu, Marillier, Lebeau, Condee, Ducreux, Cazenave, Loir, Lefèvre, Frilley, Soliman, Bosselman, Simonet, Vivant Denon, Quenedey, Scrivan, Bonneville, Benoist, Le Coeur, Mariage, Deveria, Potrelle, Moreau, Miger, J. Vernet, Saint Aubin, Queverdo, Massol, Vérité, Desenne, Touzé, Chasselat, Mme Lamothe, Eisen, Le Mire, Fauchery, Le Bas, including the 33 Essays on physiognomy of Voltaire by Denon… 53 small portraits executed by the same artist bear no signature (see our 15th photo).
Half‑leather binding with signed corners (V. Niedrée), gold numerals set into the lower spine, gold head, rounded corners, missing headpieces, a partially cracked hinge, fresh interior, 28 × 20 × 6 cm. 

The bookseller’s original description (in French)

Recueil de 178 portraits de Voltaire : planches sur papier fort du XVIII ème & XIXème siècle gravées & d'après Barrois, Largillière, Riffaut, Tardieu, Beisson, Couché, Lebrun, Bertonnier, Dupin, Robert Sayer, de Latour, Pourvoyeur, Langlois, Lemoyne, Cathelin, Hopwood, Loitard, Bonvoisin, Petit, Balechov, Melu, Marillier, Lebeau, Condee, Ducreux, Cazenave, Loir, Lefèvre, Frilley, Soliman, Bosselman, Simonet, Vivant Denon, Quenedey, Scrivan, Bonneville, Benoist, Le Coeur, Mariage, Deveria, Potrelle, Moreau, Miger, J. Vernet, Saint Aubin, Queverdo, Massol, Vérité, Desenne, Touzé, Chasselat, Mme Lamothe, Eisen, Le Mire, Fauchery, Le Bas, dont les 33 Essais de physionomie de Voltaire par Denon... 53 petits portraits exécutés par le même artiste ne comportent aucune signature (voir notre 15 ème photo).
Reliure demi-cuir à coins signée (V. Niedrée), chiffres dorés enchassés au bas du dos, tête dorée, coins émoussés, manques en coiffes, un mors partiellement fissuré, intérieur frais, 28 x 20 x 6 cm. 

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