A collection of 79 designs for bookplates, metalwork, prints and book illustrations

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Hubert-François Gravelot (1699-1773)
A collection of 79 designs for bookplates, metalwork, prints and book illustrations
several signed and inscribed with mottoes and initials
black and red chalk, pen and brown and grey ink, brown and grey wash, many incised for transfer
295 x 176 mm. and smaller (79)

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Lot Essay

A large collection of drawings by Gravelot including designs, for bookplates, vignettes, book illustrations, frontispieces, English medals, and other ornamental designs was in the collection of the late Louis H. Silver of Chicago; Sotheby's London, 11 November 1965, lots 67-90.

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