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
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.
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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.
Price: $900.00