BARLOW, FRANCIS. Livre de plusieurs Animaux Inventez par Barlou. [Paris:] Chez De Poilly [c. 1675]. Oblong 4to (bound as an 8vo), 249 x 170 mm. (9 7/8 x 6 11/16 in.), modern morocco-backed boards, gilt morocco lettering-piece on upper cover, plate [8] with a three-inch neatly repaired tear entering image, a few other small marginal repairs. Etched title and 10 etched plates, most unsigned, a few signed with Barlow's monogram. Thiébaud 56. The plates numbered 66-78 (skipping 69 and 77) in contemporary brown ink and signed on versos "Abeille[ge?]"; anonymous owner (sale, Sotheby's London, 22 June 1989, lot 99). | Christie's

Lot 7

BARLOW, FRANCIS. Livre de plusieurs Animaux Inventez par Barlou. [Paris:] Chez De Poilly [c. 1675]. Oblong 4to (bound as an 8vo), 249 x 170 mm. (9 7/8 x 6 11/16 in.), modern morocco-backed boards, gilt morocco lettering-piece on upper cover, plate [8] with a three-inch neatly repaired tear entering image, a few other small marginal repairs. Etched title and 10 etched plates, most unsigned, a few signed with Barlow's monogram. Thiébaud 56. The plates numbered 66-78 (skipping 69 and 77) in contemporary brown ink and signed on versos "Abeille[ge?]"; anonymous owner (sale, Sotheby's London, 22 June 1989, lot 99).

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BARLOW, FRANCIS. Livre de plusieurs Animaux Inventez par Barlou. [Paris:] Chez De Poilly [c. 1675]. Oblong 4to (bound as an 8vo), 249 x 170 mm. (9 7/8 x 6 11/16 in.), modern morocco-backed boards, gilt morocco lettering-piece on upper cover, plate [8] with a three-inch neatly repaired tear entering image, a few other small marginal repairs. Etched title and 10 etched plates, most unsigned, a few signed with Barlow's monogram. Thiébaud 56. The plates numbered 66-78 (skipping 69 and 77) in contemporary brown ink and signed on versos "Abeille[ge?]"; anonymous owner (sale, Sotheby's London, 22 June 1989, lot 99).