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[SERGENT-MARCEAU, Antoine-François (1751-1847)]. Portraits des grands hommes, femmes illustres, et sujets mémorables de France, gravés et imprimée en couleurs, dedies au Roi. Paris: Blin, [c. 1792].
4° (321 x 232mm). Engraved title, 156 colour-printed aquatints only (of 192), text engraved throughout. (Small wormhole in title, light mainly marginal spotting, a few light stains.) Contemporary half morocco, flat spine ruled in gilt, title in one compartment, initials ‘GG’ in others (rebacked with old spine relaid, covers rubbed and lightly soiled); modern slipcase.
FIRST EDITION of a seminal work in the history of colour printing. 'This extraordinary work of colour printing, issued in Paris by Blin, included 192 aquatint plates and was published in 48 parts. It carried out a consistent scheme of oval portraiture with engraved description and arms below, followed by a notable episode from the life of that hero or heroine of France, and two columns of the half-page in engraved italic to describe the historical event. Thus it was a book of aquatint and engraving, with no type setting. It is, as colour-printing, an harmonious and excellent achievement' (Franklin). Cohen-de Ricci, 951; Franklin, Catalogue of Early Colour Printing, p. 53; Ray, French, 86; Matterlin 1976-78, p. 66.
4° (321 x 232mm). Engraved title, 156 colour-printed aquatints only (of 192), text engraved throughout. (Small wormhole in title, light mainly marginal spotting, a few light stains.) Contemporary half morocco, flat spine ruled in gilt, title in one compartment, initials ‘GG’ in others (rebacked with old spine relaid, covers rubbed and lightly soiled); modern slipcase.
FIRST EDITION of a seminal work in the history of colour printing. 'This extraordinary work of colour printing, issued in Paris by Blin, included 192 aquatint plates and was published in 48 parts. It carried out a consistent scheme of oval portraiture with engraved description and arms below, followed by a notable episode from the life of that hero or heroine of France, and two columns of the half-page in engraved italic to describe the historical event. Thus it was a book of aquatint and engraving, with no type setting. It is, as colour-printing, an harmonious and excellent achievement' (Franklin). Cohen-de Ricci, 951; Franklin, Catalogue of Early Colour Printing, p. 53; Ray, French, 86; Matterlin 1976-78, p. 66.
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