(BERTHOD.) Paris Burlesque.
First Edition. Small 4to (216 x 165 mm), engraved frontispiece after François Chauveau (1613–1676), pagination error as called for (pp. 89-90). Bound in modern red levant, raised bands, gilt–lettering in second compartment, marbled endpapers, morocco book label of Raymond Oliver, all edges gilt, gilt dentelles, gilt–stamp signed by Honnelaitre; morocco–edged slipcase. Published by Paris: Guillaume and Jean–Baptiste Loyson (Paris), 1652.
A fine copy in a near fine slipcase.
This work documents daily Parisian life during the 17th century through a set of cheerful poems. According to Lacroix, (p. XVI – XVIII), this work references, “all the gallantries of the Palace. The chicanery of the litigants. The tricksters of the Pont-Neuf. Eloquence of the Halle herringbones. The address of the servants who shoe the mull. The inventory of the thrift store. The high style of the secretaries of S. Innocent and several other things of this nature." There are also several references to Literature and the Book Trade. The work is attributed to Berthod, however there has been dispute and no agreed consensus among Book Historians as to Berthod’s true identity. (Lacroix, (p. XVI – XVIII).)
The engraved frontispiece by François Chauveau provides a wonderful representation of a lively Parisian market scene. Chauveau was an important French Artist and close to King Louis XIV who honoured him with the title of Graveur du Roi (King's engraver) in 1662. Chauveau became a member of the Académie Royal de Peinture et de Sculpture in 1663, and as such, was the first printmaker to be awarded with this honour. (Archives de l'Art Français', XXVI 1984, pp.91-105.)
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First Edition. Small 4to (216 x 165 mm), engraved frontispiece after François Chauveau (1613–1676), pagination error as called for (pp. 89-90). Bound in modern red levant, raised bands, gilt–lettering in second compartment, marbled endpapers, morocco book label of Raymond Oliver, all edges gilt, gilt dentelles, gilt–stamp signed by Honnelaitre; morocco–edged slipcase. Published by Paris: Guillaume and Jean–Baptiste Loyson (Paris), 1652.
A fine copy in a near fine slipcase.
This work documents daily Parisian life during the 17th century through a set of cheerful poems. According to Lacroix, (p. XVI – XVIII), this work references, “all the gallantries of the Palace. The chicanery of the litigants. The tricksters of the Pont-Neuf. Eloquence of the Halle herringbones. The address of the servants who shoe the mull. The inventory of the thrift store. The high style of the secretaries of S. Innocent and several other things of this nature." There are also several references to Literature and the Book Trade. The work is attributed to Berthod, however there has been dispute and no agreed consensus among Book Historians as to Berthod’s true identity. (Lacroix, (p. XVI – XVIII).)
The engraved frontispiece by François Chauveau provides a wonderful representation of a lively Parisian market scene. Chauveau was an important French Artist and close to King Louis XIV who honoured him with the title of Graveur du Roi (King's engraver) in 1662. Chauveau became a member of the Académie Royal de Peinture et de Sculpture in 1663, and as such, was the first printmaker to be awarded with this honour. (Archives de l'Art Français', XXVI 1984, pp.91-105.)
Please contact us for shipping costs if ordering from outside the UK.
First Edition. Small 4to (216 x 165 mm), engraved frontispiece after François Chauveau (1613–1676), pagination error as called for (pp. 89-90). Bound in modern red levant, raised bands, gilt–lettering in second compartment, marbled endpapers, morocco book label of Raymond Oliver, all edges gilt, gilt dentelles, gilt–stamp signed by Honnelaitre; morocco–edged slipcase. Published by Paris: Guillaume and Jean–Baptiste Loyson (Paris), 1652.
A fine copy in a near fine slipcase.
This work documents daily Parisian life during the 17th century through a set of cheerful poems. According to Lacroix, (p. XVI – XVIII), this work references, “all the gallantries of the Palace. The chicanery of the litigants. The tricksters of the Pont-Neuf. Eloquence of the Halle herringbones. The address of the servants who shoe the mull. The inventory of the thrift store. The high style of the secretaries of S. Innocent and several other things of this nature." There are also several references to Literature and the Book Trade. The work is attributed to Berthod, however there has been dispute and no agreed consensus among Book Historians as to Berthod’s true identity. (Lacroix, (p. XVI – XVIII).)
The engraved frontispiece by François Chauveau provides a wonderful representation of a lively Parisian market scene. Chauveau was an important French Artist and close to King Louis XIV who honoured him with the title of Graveur du Roi (King's engraver) in 1662. Chauveau became a member of the Académie Royal de Peinture et de Sculpture in 1663, and as such, was the first printmaker to be awarded with this honour. (Archives de l'Art Français', XXVI 1984, pp.91-105.)
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