VERNET, Carle (1758-1836)

Лот 230
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Лот 230 | VERNET, Carle (1758-1836)
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VERNET, Carle (1758-1836)

Cris de Paris. Paris: Chez Delpech, [n. d. but c. 1820].

Exceedingly rare complete copy of one of the most famous series of the Romantic era. Son of the artist Joseph Vernet, Carle was born in 1758 in Bordeaux, where his father was at work on his masterpiece series of the Ports de France which had been commissioned by the marquis de Marigny for King Louis XV. A precocious pupil, Carle was taught to paint by his father, but at the age of eleven entered the atelier of Nicolas-Bernard Lépicié. In the present publication, engraved by Delpech, Vernet draws up a picturesque catalogue of Parisian peddlers, ranging from the pewter spoon founder to the doormat seller and, of course, the dog shearer, Jean, who ‘tend les chiens proprement et va en ville’ (shears the dogs properly and goes to town). The scarcity of a complete suite is discussed by Ray, who writes that the celebrated series, prized by the sociologist as well as the historian of costume, has become almost unfindable complete because of an insatiable demand from hotelkeepers seeking wall decorations. Bobins II, 555; Colas 2986; Lipperheide Fd 18; Ray, The Art of the French Illustrated Book, p.121.



Folio (344 x 251mm). Lithographed title and 100 lithographic plates, all coloured by a contemporary hand (very light spotting). Contemporary red straight-grained morocco, gilt edges (hinges expertly reinforced, extremities lightly rubbed, more heavily affecting head and foot of spine).





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