Fleurs, Oiseaux et Fantaisies par J. Pilement, 1719-1808
Paris: Ernst Henri, Editeur, n.d., ca. 1920. First edition. Stiff card wraps. Very good. Item #23933 .
Portfolio of loose plates. Title page, typeset and introduction are followed by the plates, each mounted to card approximately 11 by 15 inches. Complete with 40 hand-colored plates. The mounting cards are worn along the edges, but the plates are fine. Laid loosely into a portfolio: spine and corners of printed cloth in a floral pattern, drab paper over boards with a color paste-on and ribbon ties. The portfolio is significantly worn and soiled, spine reinforced and with its cloth covering largely perished, but still serviceable and with the ribbon ties intact.
The first edition thus of botanical, landscape and allegorical settings which portray the world as a kind of fairyland, filled with color. Each plate is finely hand-colored in amazing detail. While the portfolio is worn, the plates are in very good to fine condition.
Price: $900.00