[DUFLOS, Pierre (1742-1816)]

Los 113
13.12.2023 11:00UTC +00:00
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£ 6 000
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Los 113 | [DUFLOS, Pierre (1742-1816)]
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[DUFLOS, Pierre (1742-1816)]

Recueil d'estampes représentant les grades, les rangs et les dignités suivant le costume de toutes les nations existantes. Paris: Duflos le jeune, 1779-80 [-84].

Deluxe issue, finely coloured and heightened in gold, of a veritable encyclopedia of costume across many cultures around the globe. It depicts real people, including Confucius, Montezuma, Mahomet II, Achmet IV, Cortes, Jacques-Auguste de Thou, Thomas More, and Marie-Antoinette, as well as types from Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe, including native peoples. It was available in two issues, coloured and uncoloured, priced at 12 and 6 livres, respectively; some of the plates identify the source of their imagery, such as De Bry. It was issued in 44 parts, each consisting of 6 plates, but is almost never found complete, even in institutions. The present set, consisting of parts 1-40 is in remarkable, original condition, and its parts are distributed as: 22 parts devoted to sovereigns and high dignitaries; 10 to military men and warriors; 3 to magistrates and administrators; 3 to ecclesiastics; and 2 to scholars. Here, part 12 has 4 plates, pt. 13, 5 plates, pt. 18, 7 plates, and pt. 30, 5 plates; all other parts have 6 plates. Atabey 372; Bobins I, 47; Colas 2508; Cohen-de Ricci 334; Lipperheide Ac 8.



40 (of 44) original parts, broadsheet folio (435 x 275mm). Letterpress title in parts 1 and 2, avertissement, dedication, and 237 (of 264) engraved plates by Pierre Duflos, Mme Duflos and Marillier, after Jean Touzé, all richly contemporary hand-coloured and bordered in gold, a few plates with additional ms. caption (small spotting or small marginal stain in a few plates only, lacking 17 lvs of biographical text as often, and parts 41-44). Original paste-paper wrappers with printed livraison label on front completed in ms. (minor wear); housed in modern burgundy morocco-backed boxes.

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