Paul Androuet Du Cerceau

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1623-1710

Le 1er livre de divers Ornemens

Six etchings on paper and four red chalk drawings on paper.

Binding: 8 11/16 x 12 1/4 inches (220 x 310 mm); leaves: 12 1/8 x 8 1/2 inches (309 x 216 mm); drawings: approx. 6 x 9 1/16 inches (153 x 230 mm)

Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman.

1985.98:1

Notes:

Watermark: countermark of coat of arms with a fleur-de-lis (similar to Heawood 627), on drawings, 1, 3, and 4.
Six etchings, numbered from one to six, five of which depict the life and labors of Hercules; four red chalk drawings, the first of which has apparently been counterproofed in the preparation of the title page.

Inscription:

Inscribed on the title page in pen and brown ink, "Le l.er Liure de / Diuers Ornements / de feuillages, en / forme de pannaeaux- / a l'usage de ceux / qui excercent le dessein / inuentez et grauez / par androuet ducerceau"; numbered at lower left in graphite, "I".

Provenance:

Marlborough Rare Books Ltd., London.

Associated names:

Wrightsman, Jayne, donor.

Bibliography:

Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twenty-First Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984-1986. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1989, p. 314-315.

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