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[DUFLOS, Pierre (1742-1816)]

Lot 67
22.11.2023 14:00UTC +01:00
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Event locationFrance, Paris
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Lot 67 | [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.

Exemplaire du tirage de luxe, avec les planches aquarellées, en maroquin rouge de l’époque, de cet ouvrage somptueux. L’exemplaire comprend le portrait de Marie-Antoinette qui manque parfois. Parmi les autres personnages représentés figurent notamment Louis XVI, Mahomet II, Henry VIII, Christine de Suède, des dignitaires comme le Mufti, le grand prêtre Persan, le Lama tartare, le grand Lama, le Brahman, le grand Vizir, l'émir Pacha, Tchorbadgi, Boluch-Bassi, Oliver Cromwell, un Shogun japonais, une dame d'Hindoustan, un Patagon, une femme caraïbe, Alkmey (roi de la Guinée), un noble Indien de la nation d'Ottawa, une femme du Kamchatka, une femme du Congo, Samba Pango (roi du Loango).

Cet exemplaire, relié à l'époque en maroquin rouge, provient de la bibliothèque de Charles Van Hulthem homme politique et grand bibliophile belge : une grande partie de sa collection sera acquise "en bloc" et sera l'un des noyaux originels de la Bibliothèque royale de Belgique.

Colas, n° 2508 ; Von Lipperheide, n° 38 ; Vinet, n° 2104 ; Cohen-de Ricci, col. 334 ; Brunet, II, col. 862.



In-folio (400 x 260 mm). Titre, dédicace et avertissement imprimés, 240 eaux-fortes (sur 264) par Pierre Duflos, Mme Duflos et Marillier d'après Jean Touzé, toutes finement aquarellées et encadrées d’un filet doré. Trois planches présentent une légende manuscrite sous la légende imprimée dont une avec la mention manuscrite : « a Paris chez Duflos / A P D R ». La planche n°6 porte au verso la signature autographe de Duflos. Serpentes d’origine conservées (sans le feuillet de dédicace à la noblesse et les feuillets de texte). Reliure de l'époque : maroquin rouge, triple filet doré en encadrement, larges fers en écoinçons, dos à nerfs, caissons ornés, pièce de titre de maroquin vert, gardes de papier bleu, tranches dorées (petit accroc au plat supérieur, usures et restaurations aux charnières, et petite usure à la coiffe de queue, quelques frottements et restaurations aux coins).

Provenance : Charles Van Hulthem (1764-1832 ; ex-libris) -- François Van Hamme de Stampaerts-Hoecke (ex-libris).



An attractive, deluxe copy of this magnificent costume book, with 240 plates in contemporary handcolouring. The present copy notably comprises the scarce portrait of Marie-Antoinette. In contemporary red morocco.

Artist:Pierre Duflos II (1742 - 1816)
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
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