细节
LAGUERRE, John & Claude DU BOSC (artist & engraver). [Illustrations of Flora or Hob in the Well], London, Thomas Bakewell, [circa 1730], lge. oblong 2°, 8 engraved plates by Claude du Bosc after John (Jack) Laguerre (plate size: 14½ x 11½ in. [370 x 290 mm.]), backed on linen, modern half morocco, gilt title label on upper cover.
These 8 plates illustrate a comedy by Thomas Dogget, entitled "The Country Wake," which was written in 1696, acted at Lincoln's Inn Fields, and reproduced as a Ballad Farce in 1730, as "Flora or Hob in the Well." An engraved label pasted to the verso of plate 8 states: "Thomas Bakewell, next Door to the Horn-Tavern in Fleet Street, London. Selleth all sorts of fine French, Italian, and Dutch Prints and Maps, large & small Indian Pictures, Oyl Paintings for Chimney Pieces, and Glass Paintings, and all Sorts of Frames either in Gold Lacquer or Black, likewise Fitteth up Stair cases and Rooms with any of the abovesaid in the neatest manner & at reasonable rates."
These 8 plates illustrate a comedy by Thomas Dogget, entitled "The Country Wake," which was written in 1696, acted at Lincoln's Inn Fields, and reproduced as a Ballad Farce in 1730, as "Flora or Hob in the Well." An engraved label pasted to the verso of plate 8 states: "Thomas Bakewell, next Door to the Horn-Tavern in Fleet Street, London. Selleth all sorts of fine French, Italian, and Dutch Prints and Maps, large & small Indian Pictures, Oyl Paintings for Chimney Pieces, and Glass Paintings, and all Sorts of Frames either in Gold Lacquer or Black, likewise Fitteth up Stair cases and Rooms with any of the abovesaid in the neatest manner & at reasonable rates."