The Enlightenment was the golden age of book illustration in France. Traditionally, studies of eighteenth-century illustrated books were the province of amateurs and bibliophiles who delighted in deluxe editions and wrote of the engravings they contained as splendid rococo follies, reflecting the decorative impulse of a lost courtly age. This approach, however, has marginalized the […]
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S.1.01 Le Portrait Reconnu, Transcription, Translation
IDans un des Bosquets de sa Mére,[1]L’aîné des amours [2] assemblatout le peuple aîlé de Cythére,que de fripons se trouvaient là! [3]Psiché, dit-il, m’avait sû plaire;un autre me tient sous ses loix:Par le portrait que j’en vais faire,devinez l’objet de mon choix.Par le portrait que j’en vais faire,devinez l’objet de mon choix. IISon front annonce […]
Choix de Chansons, Chantilly Cover to Cover
Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3 Volume 4
Choix de Chansons, 1773 Cover to Cover
Jean Benjamin de Laborde, Choix de Chansons : mises en musique par m. de Laborde 4 vols. (Paris : De Lormel, 1773). Unique example printed on vellum bound with the original designs for the engravings. Collection: Bibliothèque Condé, Château de Chantilly. Cotes : XII-F-026; XII-F-027; XII-F-028; XII-F-029. Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3 Volume 4