Désiré Raoul-Rochette (1789-1854)

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30.07.2020 00:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 142 | Désiré Raoul-Rochette (1789-1854)
RAOUL-ROCHETTE, Désiré (1789-1854). Monumens Inédits d'Antiquité Figurée, Grecque, Étrusque et Romaine. Part I [all published]. Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1833.

First edition of a comprehensive study of the iconography of the myths of Achilles, Orestes and Odysseus. Raoul-Rochette was an art historian and archaeologist and Keeper of Medals at the French Royal Library, who wrote and published on Greek vase painting. Brunet IV, 1106; Garcia y Garcia, Nova bibliotheca Pompeiana, 11542.

Folio (531 x 350mm). 94 lithographic and engraved plates, one of which hand-coloured and 4 colour-printed, 15 lithographic and engraved vignettes, two of which hand-coloured (lacks pl. 69 but with duplicate pl. 33 loosely inserted in its place, some light spotting). Contemporary red morocco-backed boards, spine ruled and lettered in gilt and blind (extremities lightly rubbed).
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