A Paris - A Amsterdam , Chez Nicolas Langlois rue St Jacques à la Victoire - Chez P. Schenck - Chez Gerard Valck - Chez F. de Wit - Chez Jean de Ram - Chez Cornelis Danckerts, s.d. [circa 1680], oblong in-8 (25,5 x 19,5 cm or 10.04 x 7.68 inches), contemporary quarter pink morocco (rubbed and lacks the paper covering, partly disbound), spine raised on 3 bands.
Rare serie of 59 baroque designs engravings, original or Dutch copies of the time which are works of the draughtsman and engraver Jean Le Pautre alias Lepautre or Paultre (Paris 1618 - Paris 1682). A pupil of Adam Philippon, Jean Le Pautre was a prolific and influential designer and engraver primarily known for his imaginative and detailed architectural and ornemental designs. He was an extremely versatile and imaginative printmaker, whose oeuvre includes over 1500 plates of various subjects including garden ornaments, vases, chimney pieces, furniture, fountains, wallpaper, ceilings moldings, murals, and chimney-pieces. Le paultre is credited with helping to originate the lavish and flamboyant Louis XIV style, which his widely disseminated prints helped popularize in Europe. During his lifetime, he published several series od decorative engravings, many of which were later reprinted by Jombert in 1751. Here the details of the engravings contains in our volume : Feuillages et autres ornemens designez, et gravez par I. le Pautre. Ce vendent a Paris chez Nicolas Langlois rue St Jacques a la Victoire Avec privilege du Roy, 6 engravings ; Frizes Feuillages ou Tritons marins antiques et modernes nouvellement dessignées et gravé par I. Le Pautre ce vendent à Amsterdam chez P. Schenck, 6 engravings numbered 1 to 6 ; Alcoves, F. de Wit excudit - Le Pautre Inventor, 6 engravings numbered 1 to 6 ; [Ceilings], issue of the time without title page neither name of the engraver, 5 plates ; Livre de Miroirs Tables et Guéridons invente par Jean Le pautre chez Gerard Valk cum Privil., 6 plates numbered 1 to 6 ; [Chimneys], chez Gerard Valk, 6 plates from the time numbered 1 to 6 ; Montans de Trophees d'Arme a l'Antique dessigne et grave par Ian le pautre chez F. de Wit Excud. a Amsterdam, 6 paltes numbered 1 to 6 ; Livre de Divers Morceaux d'Orfevrerie pour enrichir les ornemens Dautelles Nouvellement Invente par Jean le pautre. imprime chez Jean de Ram a Amsterdam avec Privilege, 6 plates ; [Cabinets], le Pautre inventes, a Amsterdam chez Cornelis Danckerts, 6 plates (one without margins stuck on laid paper), no title page ; [Portals], C. Danckerts Excud. cum Privil. , Potre invent., 6 plates numbered de 1 to 6 without title page. A la fin du volume un feuillet d'ornement (14,7 x 22 cm) représentant deux vases à l'antiques (jaunissure), [chez] P. Schenk [Amsterdam]. Cfr. The Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection 86 ; Berlin Cat. 3788 à 3792 et 313 (edition de Jombert) .