![CALLOT, Jacques (1592-1635). Les Miseres et les Malheurs de la Guerre. Paris: Israel Henriet, 1633. Oblong 2° (142 x 220mm). 17 etchings on laid paper (of 18, lacking L.1341, one of these [L.1353] laid-in), and two duplicate plates laid-in [L.1353 and L.1356], some with partial watermark of a crown. (Plate 11 bound out of sequence, occasional light soiling, some staining on duplicate plate L.1353.) Mounted in a tinted vellum album by Stroomants with his stamp, spine lettered in red and black. Provenance: Admiral Raymond de Lacrosse (1761-1829, hero of the French Revolutionary Wars; 19th century inscription in the hand of:) -- J.-C. Auffret. [With] CALLOT, Jacques. Exercices Militaires. [Paris: c.1635]. Oblong 2° (c.55 x c.80mm, and 62 x 81mm for the frontispiece). 13 etchings on laid paper, tipped at one edge on card mounts. (Imprint trimmed from frontispiece, a few small marginal repairs, some soiling).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2010/CSK/2010_CSK_05475_0067_000(callot_jacques_les_miseres_et_les_malheurs_de_la_guerre_paris_israel_h074920).jpg?w=1)
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CALLOT, Jacques (1592-1635). Les Miseres et les Malheurs de la Guerre. Paris: Israel Henriet, 1633. Oblong 2° (142 x 220mm). 17 etchings on laid paper (of 18, lacking L.1341, one of these [L.1353] laid-in), and two duplicate plates laid-in [L.1353 and L.1356], some with partial watermark of a crown. (Plate 11 bound out of sequence, occasional light soiling, some staining on duplicate plate L.1353.) Mounted in a tinted vellum album by Stroomants with his stamp, spine lettered in red and black. Provenance: Admiral Raymond de Lacrosse (1761-1829, hero of the French Revolutionary Wars; 19th century inscription in the hand of:) -- J.-C. Auffret. [With] CALLOT, Jacques. Exercices Militaires. [Paris: c.1635]. Oblong 2° (c.55 x c.80mm, and 62 x 81mm for the frontispiece). 13 etchings on laid paper, tipped at one edge on card mounts. (Imprint trimmed from frontispiece, a few small marginal repairs, some soiling).
FIRST EDITION of one of Callot's greatest achievements: 'ces pages sont d'une inspiration élevée et d'une composition magistrale' (Lieure). All the plates are in the third state, except plate 18 which is in the fourth state; an impression of the third state of this plate is laid-in. With a complete set of the first edition, second state, Exercices Militaires. (17)
FIRST EDITION of one of Callot's greatest achievements: 'ces pages sont d'une inspiration élevée et d'une composition magistrale' (Lieure). All the plates are in the third state, except plate 18 which is in the fourth state; an impression of the third state of this plate is laid-in. With a complete set of the first edition, second state, Exercices Militaires. (17)
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