[FRENCH REVOLUTION]. Collection of flags made in the sixty districts of Paris in July 1789. S.l. [Paris, 1789-1790]. -In-4, 265 x 200: frontispiece, 60 plates. Dark green chagrin, gilt fillet framing the boards, ornate ribbed spine, interior gilt roulette, slipcase (modern pastiche binding). Cohen, 248. Very rare complete collection of the 60 plates attributed to Moreau le Jeune depicting the 60 flags of the districts of Paris in 1789. Each engraving, entirely colored at the time, depicts the flag, the staff of which is held by a national guard whom the artist has taken care to present in a different attitude each time. The first 30 plates and the 41st have a rubberstamped caption, while the others have an engraved caption. These 60 plates are preceded by a handsome frontispiece by Moreau le Jeune engraved by Jean B. Dambrun, titled A un peuple libre et représentant le peuple acclamant le roi, La Fayette et Bailly le 17 juillet 1789. A copy in modern binding, enriched with two handwritten tables from the early 19th century, the first giving the table of flags appearing in the collection, the second giving the "Tableau des changemens à faire dans les dénominations des subdivisions de Paris". There is also a drawing of a flag eagle, pasted on the verso of a blank sheet mounted after the frontispiece. Frontispiece edges stained. Provenance: Jean Clavreuil bookshop label, Paris.
Estimate
€2,000 - €3,000
Result
€3,033
Buyer's premium
26%
[FRENCH REVOLUTION].
Collection of flags made in the sixty districts of Paris in July 1789.
S.l. [Paris, 1789-1790]. -In-4, 265 x 200: frontispiece, 60 plates. Dark green chagrin, gilt fillet framing the boards, ornate ribbed spine, interior gilt roulette, slipcase (modern pastiche binding).
Cohen, 248.
Very rare complete collection of the 60 plates attributed to Moreau le Jeune depicting the 60 flags of the districts of Paris in 1789.
Each engraving, entirely colored at the time, depicts the flag, the staff of which is held by a national guard whom the artist has taken care to present in a different attitude each time. The first 30 plates and the 41st have a rubberstamped caption, while the others have an engraved caption.
These 60 plates are preceded by a handsome frontispiece by Moreau le Jeune engraved by Jean B. Dambrun, titled A un peuple libre et représentant le peuple acclamant le roi, La Fayette et Bailly le 17 juillet 1789.
A copy in modern binding, enriched with two handwritten tables from the early 19th century, the first giving the table of flags appearing in the collection, the second giving the "Tableau des changemens à faire dans les dénominations des subdivisions de Paris". There is also a drawing of a flag eagle, pasted on the verso of a blank sheet mounted after the frontispiece.
Frontispiece edges stained.
Provenance:
Jean Clavreuil bookshop label, Paris.
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