Desrochers 23 engraved portraits
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DESROCHERS. Étienne Jehandier Desrochers (1668-1741). Collection of 23 engraved portraits, of which 22 engraved by Desrochers, French engraver, best known for his miniature portraits of his contemporaries.
The final portait of Pierre Dionis, the French surgeon, dated 1689, is engraved by Simeon Thomassin after Boulogne. Size c. 155x110 mm.
Some spotting and browning, some dampstaining, 2 mounted on paper. Handwritten text on verso of some plates.
Oblong octavo (160x215 mm. binding). Contemporary boards, worn, some damages.
Portraits are:
Esope, Mahomet, Luther, Calvin, Diogenes, Euclide, Rabelais, Platon, Machiavel, Pitagore, Petrarque, Copernic, Ptolomée, Descartes, Homer, Terence, Ovide, Virgile, Horace, Democrite, Tasse, Epicure.
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Auktionsnummer:
871167
Datum:
2021-02-14