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[LE BRUN, d'après Charles (1619-1690) - Louis MOREL D'ARLEUX (1755-1827)]

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10.05.2021 11:00UTC +02:00
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Lot 52 | [LE BRUN, d'après Charles (1619-1690) - Louis MOREL D'ARLEUX (1755-1827)]
[LE BRUN, d'après Charles (1619-1690) - Louis MOREL D'ARLEUX (1755-1827)].
Dissertation sur un traité de Charles Le Brun concernant le rapport de la Physionomie humaine avec celle des animaux. Paris : Chalcographie du Musée Napoléon, 1806.

Édition originale. Exemplaire tel que paru, en superbe état de conservation.
Remarquable série de planches d'après des dessins de Charles Le Brun.
Morel explique que Le Brun fit une conférence le 28 mars 1671 sur sa théorie selon laquelle les traits de caractère d'un individu peuvent être interprétés selon à quel animal il ressemble. Les dessins de Le Brun ont été conservés mais pas le texte de la conférence. Morel tente donc ici de reconstituer ce dernier et publie les gravures issues des dessins.
La modernité des images de Le Brun est saissante et le livre a fait l'objet d'une republication en 2000, avec un commentaire de Madeleine Pinault Sorensen. Brunet, III, p. 910.

In-folio (605 x 435 mm). Un portrait de Charles Le Brun, d'après N. de Largillière gravé par G. Edelinck, et 37 planches gravées sur cuivre par Baltard (pour les 11 premières) et par Andre Le Grand. Cartonnage de papier marbré bleu de l'éditeur, légèrement frotté.
Exemplaire entièrement non rogné, en très belle condition.

First edition illustrated with astonishing pseudo-scientific plates.
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