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GARDEL, Maximilien (1741-1787).

Lot 64
22.11.2023 14:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 64 | GARDEL, Maximilien (1741-1787).
Estimate value
€ 800 – 1 200
GARDEL, Maximilien (1741-1787).

L’Avènement de Titus à l’empire, ballet allégorique au sujet du couronnement du roi. Paris : Musier, 1775.

Superbe exemplaire en maroquin aux armes de "Madame Élisabeth". Cette pièce de complaisance, dont le Titus éponyme évoque bien entendu Louis XVI, a été composée par le danseur et chorégraphe Maximilien Gardel, fils de Claude Gardel, maître de ballet du roi Stanislas de Pologne.

Ce livret semble fort rare : le présent exemplaire est le seul que les bases de données de ventes aux enchères contiennent, et les catalogues mutualisés des bibliothèques patrimoniales (Worldcat, SUDOC, CCFR) ne listent qu’une demi-douzaine d’exemplaires en institutions.

Quentin-Bauchart, II, 297-307 (le bibliographe n’a pas vu l’exemplaire) ; Cabinet d’un curieux, n°45.



Petit in-4 (200 x 127 mm). Édition originale. Imprimé sur papier fort, légèrement bleuté. Reliure de l’époque en maroquin olive, armes de Madame Elisabeth au centre des plats, triple filet doré en encadrement, dos lisse orné aux petits fers, pièce de titre en maroquin rouge, filet doré sur les coupes, roulette dorée sur les chasses, gardes de papier marbré, tranches dorées (usures au mors supérieur, partiellement fendu en moitié supérieure, habiles restaurations aux coins et coiffes, légers frottements aux plats).

Provenance : Élisabeth de France, dite Madame Élisabeth (1764-1794 ; reliure aux armes) -- baron Lucien Double (1846-1895 ; vente 22-23 février 1897, Paris, lot n°53 ; Robert Hoe (1839-1909 ; vente 1911, lot n°1422) – vente Parke-Barnet, New York, 1944, lot n°449.



A most precious copy, in contemporary green morocco with the gilt arms of Madame Elisabeth, the sister of King Louis XVI.

Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
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