MAZUY (A.) - FRAGONARD (Théophile) (d'après) - Types et caractères anciens

MAZUY (A.) - FRAGONARD (after) Old Type and Characters. Delloye, Paris, 1841. In-folio (34.3 x 27.6 cm), 86 pp., (1) f., bound. Black half leather with corners, smooth spine prettily gilt, gilt turn-ornament along the leather edge. Period binding. Spine ends and corners slightly rubbed, two corners pierced, small epidermal marks on the edges. Copy of the first and only edition of this work depicting costumes inspired by Old Regime France. It is illustrated with 20 lithographs hand-colored after Fragonard and Dufey. These plates depict notably a gypsy woman, a chatelaine, a fool, a dwarf, a pilgrim, an astrologer, a king of the roisters... Ex-libris on the front pastedown of J. L. and C. Pierron.

Estimation:€150

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