,illustration3 ,tail-piece from 8,contes et nouvelles en vers0 by ,la ,fontaine1 #agfb4 ,illustration3 ,choffard's visiting card ,x,v,i,i,ith ,,century ,,french ,,book-,,illustrators ,,choffard ,,by ,,vera ,,salomons ,,illustrated ,,with #bi ,,photogravures ,,from ,,negatives ,,by ,,the ,,author ,,london ,,john ,,edward ,,bumpus ,,ltd4 ,,mcmxii 7,,all ,,rights ,,reserved7 ,,chiswick ,,press3 ,,charles ,,whittingham ,,and ,,co4 ,,tooks ,,court1 ,,chancery ,,lane1 ,,london4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------------- ,,to ,,my ,,mother ,,the ,,present ,,little ,,volume ,,is ,,affectionately ,,inscribed ---------------------------------------- -------------------------------- ,,to ,,the ,,reader ,you may never have heard of ,choffard and never have seen his work1 but if any production from his hand should be brought before your eyes1 however insignificant1 and you fail to admire it1 then it is to confess that no artistic corner exists in your soul6 ,of all the vignettists1 ,choffard is the freshest1 most ingenious1 and charming4 ,elegance exists in all his productions equalled1 perhaps1 by no other artist4 ,none act so well a love scene on the stage as those who love each other in real life1 so with all things and with book writing in particular4 ,to love an artist1 gives the author a hand unfettered in dealing with his work2 it becomes no longer a forced history of his art1 but a work of affection free from affectation4 ,the author of this little book is a true admirer of ,choffard and you may accept the contents as a faithful representation of the artist and his work4 ,i therefore trust that after you have perused the pages which follow1 if not already an admirer of ,choffard1 you will have become one4 ,d4 ,s4 ,,broomhill1 ,,tunbridge ,,wells4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------------- ,,preface ,most biographers are so self-confident that they believe the subject of their book will prove interesting to others2 the present writer is no exception to the rule and trusts that the following pages may help1 in a small degree1 to attract the reader's attention to the work of ,pierre-,philippe ,choffard4 ,the #agfb edition of ,la ,fontaine's 8,contes et nouvelles en vers10 which is illustrated by ,eisen's masterpieces and by some of ,choffard's exquisite etchings1 is the work of that period best known to ,british book-lovers2 possibly in a measure due to the free character of the stories1 yet probably owing to these beautiful plates by ,choffard and ,eisen4 ,it seems1 therefore1 fair to assume that art lovers of to-day1 who interest themselves in ,french illustrated books of the eighteenth century1 may care to know something more about the artist whose lovely work is a source of so much pleasure and admiration to them4 ,the achievements of ,choffard do not occupy the high place they deserve in this country2 as a whole1 they are too little known to do so1 and collectors find such difficulty in obtaining impressions of his etchings in a fine state1 that this draughtsman's great gifts are frequently misjudged in consequence4 ,one of the best proofs1 although commonplace evidence1 of the enduring charm which ,french eighteenth-century design possesses1 is that the most admired present day catalogues and business cards are those with reproductions of designs by artists of that period1 ,choffard's work being constantly found amongst them4 ,the author wishes gratefully to acknowledge the kind advice her father has given her on a few difficult points and the valuable assistance he afforded her1 by generously allowing the writer to verify the greater part of the volumes mentioned in this booklet1 by means of his library4 ,for the description of those works that the author has been unable to see in the above-mentioned collection or in museums she has referred to 8,les ,graveurs du dix-huitime sicle0 by ,,mm4 ,portalis and ,braldi1 and the other equally excellent reference book 8,guide de l',amateur de livres gravures du ,x,v,i,i,ie4 sicle0 by ,henry ,cohen4 ,v4 ,s4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------------- ,,contents ,,page ,,the ,,life ,,of ,,choffard #i ,,the ,,art ,,of ,,choffard #ai ,,catalogue ,,of ,,the ,,best-,,known ,,books #cg ,,illustrated ,,by ,,choffard ,,addenda ,,to ,,catalogue ,,of ,,books #ig ,,list ,,of ,,illustrations #aja ,,index ,,of ,,the ,,works ,,mentioned ,,in #ajg ,,the ,,catalogue ,,of ,,books ,,illustrated ,,by ,,choffard ,,plates #aae ---------------------------------------- -------------------------------- ,illustration3 ,head-piece from ,choffard's book entitled 8,notice historique sur l'art de la gravure en ,france0 ,,the ,,life ,,of ,,choffard ,so little is known concerning ,pierre-,philippe ,choffard himself1 that it is difficult to give many facts about his life or even to state with confidence that the year #agcj is that of the great artist's birth1 since ,heinecken gives #agbi and other writers mention #agcf as being the date4 ,pierre-,philippe's artistic talent was perceptible at a very early age1 for when his father died1 leaving wife and child impecunious1 we hear that the little boy of ten was in the habit of amusing himself by making floral and conventional designs on the margins of his books1 or more probably exercise-books1 considering his parents had1 evidently1 never possessed large means and all literature was somewhat costly in those days4 ,the widow1 at that time1 suffered business losses which caused her to take young ,choffard away from the school he attended1 and she wisely placed him in the studio of ,dheulland who was an engraver of maps1 plans1 and other geometrical drawings4 ,no doubt the rising genius found this kind of engraving very wearisome1 and to make his work more congenial1 he ornamented the borders1 in which the maps were framed1 with his own unique designs4 ,the boy is also said to have been aided by lessons from ,nicolas ,edelinck1 who was very old2 also from ,balechou and ,cochin2 or1 may be1 the example of these artists' works emulated the youth4 ,while yet juvenile ,choffard received tuition from ,babel1 an engraver of decorative ornamentation4 ,pierre-,philippe's style and charm of drawing1 however1 were formed by himself alone1 and no master before or since his time has excelled ,choffard in the airy atmospheric vitality he imparts into all his magic pencil has chosen to portray1 either in the realms of fantasy1 in the realities of still life1 or even in the rendering of that which his colleagues designed4 ,the artist must have had as much charm of personality as his achievements had of originality2 indeed1 it is remarkable to find that whenever his name appears1 in memoirs or elsewhere1 only good epithets are applied to this self-made artist1 who had no social standing and yet was appointed draughtsman and engraver to the ,imperial court and to the ,spanish throne1 whilst the rulers of his native land appear to have given ,choffard no post1 although he was member of several academies4 ,when one glances at the views of ,prague and the little engravings of ,english and ,scottish towns1 it makes one wonder whether he ever travelled abroad1 or if ,choffard executed these vignettes from other artists' drawings without stating so4 ,from his 8,notice sur l'art de la gravure10 which the draughtsman published a few years before his death1 it would appear that he never crossed the ,channel1 or ,choffard would have mentioned his personal experience1 instead of giving that of friends1 but it cannot be positively asserted that the artist never traversed the ,french frontier4 ,ponce tells us that should some friend of ,choffard's evince difficulty in drawing any portion of a composition in perspective1 or if the decoration of a plate proved troublesome and they chanced to ask his advice3 8,bring me your work10 he would good naturedly say1 8and leave it with me so that ,i may consider it at leisure40 ,the friend1 on his return1 could be positive of finding the difficulty overcome4 ,and was ,choffard often known to accept adequate1 if any1 remuneration for such work8 ,we can draw our own conclusions1 knowing his generous character4 ,his company was enjoyed and appreciated by the most illustrious contemporary painters and engravers1 and ,wille mentions meeting ,choffard in company with de ,launay1 ,lempereur1 and ,saint-,aubin on one occasion1 and another day ,choffard1 ,flipart1 ,chardin1 ,roslin1 and ,vien dined at the same table as ,wille4 ,billiards was a pastime our artist much enjoyed1 and on one occasion1 when he and his intimate friend ,basan and ,bervic were staying with ,miger at ,bagneux1 the host's three guests stayed up all one ,saturday night playing billiards4 ,miger amused himself by celebrating the incident in the following lines3 ,basan1 ,bervic et vous1 ,choffard1 qu'on croyait sage1 ,voyez jusqu'o du jeu vous a port la rage2 ,autour de ce billard1 du soir jus'qu'au matin1 ,l',aurore en se levant1 vous vit la queue en main2 ,et tandis qu' la messe on disait le symbole1 ,chacun de vous1 billant1 disait3 8,je carambole40 ,if a sketching party were arranged1 naturally the popular artist was included among its members4 ,little surprising is it that his popularity increased as steadily as his fame flourished1 for this is the state in which an eye-witness describes him arriving at a friend's country home1 with 8le petit pain en poche pour le dogue de la porte1 les gimblettes pour le petit chien1 les bonbons pour les enfants1 les fleurs ou le flacon pour la matresse de la maison et le gros cu pour les domstiques40 ,what artist's means could stave such a flow of generosity8 ,is it because the giver always saw the bottom of his purse that his name appears as engraver of mechanical drawings such as those in ,berthoud's 8,essai sur l'horlogerie10 and sometimes as the reproducer of brother artist's inferior designs8 ,yet another cause prevented the greatest 8graveur de l'accessoire0 from accumulating means--he loved art so passionately that no time1 no remuneration1 no trouble1 no patience1 and no difficulties were considered2 his work's success was ,choffard's only thought4 ,it is interesting to notice how keen the artist was that the plates should be satisfactorily printed on a special kind of paper for an edition of 8,les trois femmes40 ,the long letter relating to this happens to be in existence1 and no doubt many another1 even more lengthy and detailed1 was written by ,choffard1 who generously dealt out valuable advice to author and publisher4 ,in this instance1 as no doubt in all ,choffard's correspondence1 the proposals he makes are worded so tactfully as to leave the reader under the impression that the artist is quite willing for his advice to be disregarded4 ,choffard's sensitive refinement must indeed have been visible in many ways besides in his art4 ,although 8enfant des quaies10 as he called himself1 yet this self-educated genius had innate refinement and possessed a marvellous power of discrimination and judgement how best to treat delicate passages1 intricate subjects1 and uninteresting themes1 whether the composition had to be confined to the minute dimensions of a tiny fleuron or whether the subject was to occupy a folio page4 8,notice sur l'art de la gravure en ,france0 came from the pen of ,choffard4 ,the engraver resented his own art lacking an historian1 and therefore became its champion4 ,had not voluminous books been published on painting and sculpture1 yet the sister art had only incidental remarks passed upon it8 ,to fill this void1 there appeared in #ahjd a little volume written concisely by an eminently capable judge of the talents of past and contemporary engravers4 ,choffard shows remarkable fairness in dealing with draughtsmen of different styles1 of many lands1 and of varied temperaments1 and is broad-minded in all matters where our countrymen are not concerned4 ,it is only natural that a ,frenchman should look on his ,british neighbours with a frown in the eventful year when ,napoleon was elected emperor6 ,great as were ,choffard's anti-,british prejudices1 it must be admitted that they did not prevent him from praising the talent of ,ryland1 and of mentioning the names of many other ,british engravers4 ,now and again1 in perusing the pages of the little book1 one alights on a date which is at variance with our modern historians' statements1 a fact that is hardly worthy of mention1 considering exactitude troubled eighteenth-century writers far less than it does contemporary biographers in these scientific days4 ,the charming vignette ,choffard executed for his volume is said1 by some1 to represent the artist1 as a young man1 in his studio and would suffice to make the book live and be collected1 whatever may be its literary merits or demerits4 ,it is curious to note that a host of the artist's illustrations are contained in works wholly unworthy of ,choffard's great results1 or else they illustrate literature that is very little read in modern times4 ,pierre-,philippe ,choffard was an exceptionally prolific artist1 and1 as has been said before1 loved his work passionately4 ,an hour before his death he still had his thoughts bent on art and sent to fetch paper on which to draw a reduction of a picture by ,legrand4 ,the dying artist had formed the resolution to write a more extensive work than his first successful 8,notice0 on the art of engraving1 and this reduced plate would have been contained within its pages had fate been kinder4 ,on the seventh day of the month of ,march in the year #ahji the world lost its greatest 8matre ornemaniste0 by the death of ,pierre-,philippe ,choffard4 ,the eighteenth century was a period when letter-writing1 diaries1 and memoirs were greatly in vogue2 yet rarely on these milestones of the past appears the name of ,choffard1 proving how uneventful must have been his life4 ,notwithstanding this probable fact1 we cannot but regret that our artist did not leave his life impressions1 which would have been full of interest1 since he met and associated with all the leading talent of his day4 ,illustration3 ,tail-piece from 8,contes et nouvelles en vers0 by ,la ,fontaine1 #agfb ---------------------------------------- -------------------------------- ,illustration3 ,head-piece in 8,dictionnaire des graveurs1 etc40 by ,basan1 #aghi ,,the ,,art ,,of ,,choffard ,the greatest and most permanent monuments of fame that any man can raise to his own memory are those he builds for himself4 ,the colossal masterpiece that stands outlined against the horizon of ,choffard's career is his etchings for 8,les ,mtamorphoses d',ovide40 ,these thirty-seven little pictures that his needle bequeathed to posterity can best proclaim their own praises2 five of them are from drawings by ,monnet1 the other plates are entirely by ,choffard4 ,it would be an impossible and a useless task for me to attempt to do ,choffard's masterpieces justice in words1 for the artist's inventive power is so remarkable1 the delicacy of his touch so fairy-like1 his compositions so delightful to the eye and pleasing to our sense of balance1 and the marvellous brilliancy and effect of sunshine are so exquisite1 that not the connoisseur alone discerns ,choffard's genius1 but even the uninitiated pause in deep admiration before his superb vignettes4 ,unfortunately much of ,choffard's finest work is other than the decoration of literature1 and can1 therefore1 find no place within the space of these few pages4 ,the draughtsman was so fond of his art that whatever purpose his drawing was to serve1 all his efforts were expended on it2 thus we find some of his finest pieces are trade-cards1 ball-tickets1 designs commemorating events such as marriages1 visiting-cards1 little screens1 diplomas and medals1 and it seems very probable that in his youth1 the 8enfant des quais0 executed much that we1 nowadays1 are unable to affirm is from his hand1 although in his style1 for it is modestly left unsigned1 and it may here be noted that ,arrivet often approached ,choffard in his style of designing floral borders4 ,jean-,georges ,wille was amused as he entered in his journal3 8,monseigneur le ,prince de ,nassau-,saarbrck proposed for me to engrave his arms2 it made me laugh2 but ,i excused myself by proposing ,m4 ,choffard who is good at ornamentation40 ,if we look at book-plates of ,choffard's creation1 or at the little dedication-plate to the ,comte d',artois in de ,piis' 8,chansons nouvelles10 one is able to realize how just the great portrait engraver's recommendation was4 ,the reproduction here given of this small dedication-page gives but a slight idea of the original in a fine state1 for no reproduction can possibly render justice to ,choffard's etched or engraved work4 ,it is astonishing1 even with the originals1 what an extraordinary difference it makes to the picture1 whether the proof is brilliant or a late impression1 so is it surprising that mechanical reproductions give but a notion of that which they represent1 where brilliancy and delicacy of touch are of infinite value4 ,every collector ought to be especially careful in avoiding proofs printed from worn or retouched plates1 for they do not produce the artistic harmonies the draughtsman strove for and succeeded in achieving4 ,the majority of ,choffard's book-illustrations consists of designs by other artists which he has reproduced1 but as ,choffard was a prolific draughtsman1 posterity nevertheless possesses a number of volumes wherein design and engraving are both of his own execution4 ,in etching or engraving1 ,choffard's personal1 brilliant touch is almost invariably apparent1 whether in reproducing the work of another1 or in his own compositions2 thus other artists' works had their beauty enhanced by their translator1 whereas in the few cases where ,choffard left the engraving of his compositions to a strange hand1 their character and vitality were weakened4 ,is this because ,choffard was the best engraver of his day8 ,no1 several there are who could claim this place with equal right4 ,a drawing by ,choffard which is also his own etching1 and the identical design if reproduced or only terminated by another1 would show the same difference as there is between a letter written by hand or by a typewriter4 ,in the one instance we only see the meaning which numberless lines depict1 in the other case each line conveys a message1 every curve speaks1 no dot is meaningless1 every touch is expressive of the character and mood of the individual4 ,it must not be concluded from these remarks that ,choffard maintained this exalted standard of work uninterruptedly during his long career1 for occasionally1 especially towards its close1 one encounters plates signed 8,p4 ,p4 ,choffard0 and yet they do not bear that seal of charm and freshness which we are wont to expect from this genius4 ,pierre-,philippe ,choffard1 however1 has not1 like some artists1 a given period during which he executed mediocre plates2 in fact1 none of his work could rightfully be dubbed indifferent or bad4 ,on the whole this draughtsman's illustrations are of medium dimensions1 but the fine tail-piece to the 8,voyage pittoresque de la ,grce0 and the fleuron on the dedication-page of the 8,galerie du ,palais-royale0 are both of them good examples of his large original work4 ,the latter1 although etched by ,choffard1 is terminated by ,guttenberg4 ,other lovely examples of this kind are the fleuron for the dedication to the ,queen in ,saint-,non's 8,voyage pittoresque des ,royaumes de ,naples et de la ,sicile10 and the two tail-pieces ,choffard also executed for this book4 ,the remarkable one that represents ,messina before the earthquake that took place there in #aghc1 pictures the view of the town on a torn sheet of paper1 and through the rent is seen a tree1 a branch of which protrudes and overlaps a part of the picture2 while a smoking torch is placed below the view1 so as to give the tail-piece the appearance of a kind of allegorical prediction of the catastrophe that was to befall the ill-fated city4 ,this composition is an exceptional piece of artistic ingenuity1 invention1 and skill in placing everything in the most advantageous manner1 while yet giving each item its true colour value2 these qualities1 however1 are salient in all ,choffard's good work4 ,unlike ,marillier and ,eisen1 ,choffard's drawings1 for the most part1 are not wonderfully minutely treated1 for the inventor was accustomed to transferring his own design on to the copper and therefore frequently dispensed with great finish in his drawings4 ,many of ,choffard's illustrations are pure etchings1 such as those in the #agfb edition of ,la ,fontaine's 8,contes et nouvelles en vers10 but like these1 his pure etchings are usually from his own sketches4 ,even those drawings of ,choffard which have been engraved by a stranger have1 in many cases1 been preliminarily etched on the copper-plate by ,choffard himself4 ,there are so many angles from which the various aspects of ,choffard's career may be gauged1 that it would be interesting to speculate as to the place his talents would occupy to-day1 if ,choffard lived now instead of being our ancestors' contemporary4 ,some may think that his light would not shine so brightly in the twentieth century1 since there is no ,eisen or other great illustrator with whom to intermix his plates and thus help to form a contrast of exquisite illustration1 each enhancing the other draughtsman's style4 ,this is an error4 ,were such a master as ,choffard to exist in these materialistic days1 he would be admired ten-fold more than artists now praise the talent of this draughtsman of bygone times2 no ,moreau1 ,cochin1 ,eisen1 ,marillier1 or ,gaucher now live to dispute the laurels with him1 and ,choffard would stand alone1 not only the recognized 8matre ornemaniste0 but also the champion vignettiste1 illustrator1 designer1 and engraver of our days4 ,even during the eighteenth century he was marked out as a fine engraver of illustrations1 and he likewise successfully engraved estampes and portraits4 ,the likeness of ,la ,rochefoucauld serves as an excellent example of ,choffard's skill in handling the burin1 and this small portrait alone1 would suffice to place him equal with that king of miniature portrait engraving--,gaucher4 ,the 8,maximes et rflxions morales10 to which this plate forms a frontispiece1 bears the date #aggh on the title-page1 whereas ,la ,rochefoucauld's portrait is dated a year later1 by ,choffard4 ,a post-dated illustration is a circumstance frequently encountered in ,french books of the eighteenth century1 and it is often difficult to decide whether the volume itself was published later than is stated or if the plates were issued for insertion in the book after its publication4 ,both methods are known to have been practised1 and it is of little consequence to collectors whether the illustrations were or were not contained in the book at the time of issue1 considering certain works are deemed incomplete if they do not comprise the post-dated plates which properly belong to that particular work4 ,there are also portraits that were published separately and yet are usually found in books2 connoisseurs do not in these cases regard certain volumes as complete when such a portrait1 or more1 are absent1 because it has been the custom1 among collectors1 to add this special picture1 or pictures1 to the copy of a work to which the plates apply1 when they were obtainable1 and thus the best-known copies of such books contain them4 ,this is the case with ,prsident ,hnault's 8,histoire de ,france40 ,it may also be remarked that illustrations executed for one book were often used for several other works4 ,those plates that found favour in the sight of connoisseurs were sometimes copied1 or worn plates were retouched and issued as originals2 therefore the collector of to-day must be very cautious lest he buys a book on old paper with plates professing to be by the artist whose name they bear1 but which are nevertheless from faked plates or are forgeries4 ,another peculiarity of some books of that period1 is the way in which they were issued2 an edition was divided between several publishers either because they all desired to have a hand in the issue or perhaps to lessen the risks4 ,this accounts for the reason why some books appear under the names of different publishers1 although the volumes themselves are identical4 ,the #agfg-agga edition of 8,les ,mtamorphoses d',ovide0 appeared under the names of five different publishers1 each placing his own name in the particular copies for which he subscribed4 ,furthermore it would appear that at times1 a publisher would place a title-page in his copies with as marked a difference as that of altering the name of the work itself4 ,for instance 8,les jeux de la petite ,thalie10 by ,gravelot1 also appeared under the title of 8,almanach utile et agrable de la loterie de l'cole royale militaire pour l'anne #agei et #agfj0 with the frontispiece changed4 ,eaux-fortes and proofs before letters of ,choffard's plates exist in almost every instance1 and they command a much greater price than impressions after letters4 ,naturally first proofs are usually far more brilliant than later ones and are deservedly prized by collectors4 ,nevertheless a prohibitive value is frequently placed on certain rare states and on scarce eaux-fortes1 which makes one realize how true ,seymour ,haden's remark is1 when applied to this case3 8,first comes the biographer and cataloguer with wearisome precision to describe different states of a plate and then the dealer to persuade that the first two of these #8states' are worth three times more money than the perfected plate2 a grave misconception40 ,from the artist's point of view1 undoubtedly1 this is an absurd misconception1 but a collector or a student naturally regards the various stages of the masterpiece's progress as an interesting adjunct to the enjoyment and appreciation of the finished work4 ,the book known as the 8,fermiers gnraux0 edition of the 8,contes et nouvelles en vers10 by ,la ,fontaine1 is justly regarded as containing some of the most beautiful examples of ,choffard's work1 for every little picture1 so different in theme1 is a revelation of the artist's extraordinary powers4 ,there is tender love for his art in every stroke that caressingly models the allegorical figures whose graceful contours repose on transparent clouds1 also in the floral designs1 minute genre pictures bordered by drapery and flowers1 and in a medal with the artist's portrait amidst garlands and clouds and a multitude of other picturesque combinations that are contained within the two volumes4 ,but perhaps the most ingenious little vignettes are those that treat of commonplace things1 of vulgar1 raw substances such as a piece of meat or dead fish in a net4 ,the subjects sound almost repulsive2 there are not even the beautiful hues of the rainbow trout to relieve the coarseness and crudeness of the subject6 ,it is in cases such as these that ,choffard's unique talents are forcibly apparent1 for instantly one admires the little pictures1 regardless of the subject which is represented so attractively as to form an artistic composition4 8,le jugement de ,paris0 and the two editions of 8,les ,saisons0 also contain well-known illustrations by ,choffard4 ,these latter are usually considered to rank among his 8chef-d'uvres10 although it seems doubtful whether they equal his real masterpieces4 ,they appear to represent the subjects in cameo form1 whereas the little medallions just fail to give that effect1 thus leaving us to decide for ourselves the meaning of the deep shadow outlining the small figures4 ,the words 8plan of ,london0 convey no idea of an artistic illustration1 and yet ,choffard executed a delightful vignette with the metropolis' highways1 streets1 houses1 and river distinctly mapped out in the centre of an ornamental frame4 ,berthoud was fortunate when he obtained a charming fleuron by ,choffard for his 8,histoire de la mesure du temps par les horloges10 for who but the 8matre ornemaniste0 would have succeeded in forming a delightful 8ensemble0 with rectangular clocks and scientific instruments8 ,the little battle scenes which illustrate 8,prjugs militaires0 are exquisitely composed1 and are excellent examples of the delicacy and depth with which ,choffard etched4 ,his talents in this line are also exceptionally remarkable in the head-piece containing ,basan's engraved portrait1 which forms the centre of the composition1 on each side of which are the great publisher's studio and study4 ,in the pages of 8,l'histoire de la maison de ,bourbon0 ,choffard's genius shines forth with brilliant vigour4 ,each tail-piece1 so similar in subject yet very different in design1 is an allegorical composition aptly illustrating the chapter it terminates4 ,when these fleurons and tail-pieces are in proof and the complete impression of the copper-plate is shown1 there are words engraved 8 la pointe0 on the extreme top edge of the plate4 ,in a few cases they only note the volume and page in the book that the picture is to occupy1 but above the proof of the tail-piece here reproduced are the words3 8,toe4 ,v4 ,page #ced ,la ,perfidie entoure de pieges les ,armes de ,france et de ,navarre1 et elle s'efforce d'eloigner ,bourbon du ,trone1 agit de fureur1 le fanatisme employe contre ce ,prince le fer1 et le poison40 7,in the original1 as quoted1 many accents are omitted47 ,there appear to be no proofs in an earlier state than with these letters 8 la pointe10 or if any exist1 they are practically unique4 ,one of the five fleurons by ,choffard for ,rousseau's works is reproduced in this book1 and is here followed by the same illustration with the figure draped4 ,this latter is a later state and was never published nor is it cited in any catalogue4 ,plates in the early state are frequently encountered with points differing from the final ones1 due1 no doubt1 to the artist1 author1 or publisher wishing for some alteration in the design2 these differences are at times very perceptible and at others hardly noticeable4 ,it also sometimes happens that the earlier state was selected for publication1 as in this case4 ,could there be any more appropriate conclusion to this chapter than ,baron ,roger ,portalis' just eulogy on ,choffard's art8 8,son excution est brillante et prcieuse1 son burin la fois ferme1 transparent et lger2 s'il a rarement t charg de la composition des principaux sujets dans les grandes illustrations des ouvrages de son temps1 et si sa collaboration n'a gure t que le complment des travaux des ,eisen1 des ,moreau1 des ,cochin1 des ,monnet1 il faut dire que le complment a singulirement fait valoir et quelquefois fait plir l'uvre principale4 ,du reste1 il a souvent interprt ses grands collaborateurs avec un art1 une fidlit et une richesse de tons dont ils d tre fort satisfaits1 et on peut rpter de lui ce beau titre qui lui a t donn jadis de graveur coloriste40 ,those who to-day look upon ,choffard's work in an unprejudiced light cannot do otherwise than feel the force of the above words and re-echo them from their hearts4 ,illustration3 8,trait du beau essentiel dans les arts1 appliqu particulirement l'architecture1 etc40 by ,briseux1 #ageb ---------------------------------------- -------------------------------- ,illustration3 ,tail-piece from 8,contes et nouvelles en vers0 by ,la ,fontaine1 #agfb ,,catalogue ,,of ,,the ,,best ,,known ,,books ,,illustrated ,,by ,,choffard ,a ,,elle4 ,,six ,,romances1 avec accompagnement de piano4 ,a ,paris1 chez ,pleyel1 prix #f f4 #dto4 ,the ornamental title-page is engraved by ,choffard after ,j4 ,gurin4 ,,almanach ,,du ,,chasseur 7par ,goury de ,changrand74 ,paris1 ,pissot1 #aggb and #aggc1 #abmo4 ,a frontispiece by ,choffard4 ,,amusements ,d',,un ,,convalescent1 ddis ses amis4 ,paris1 #agfa1 #hvo4 ,a vignette on the title-page by ,gravelot1 engraved by ,choffard4 ,,anville 7,d'74 ,,troisi,,me ,,partie ,,de ,,la ,,carte ,d',,europe1 contenant le ,midi de la ,russie1 la ,pologne et la ,hongrie1 la ,turquie1 etc4 ,publie sous les auspices de ,monseigneur ,louis-,philippe ,duc d',orlans1 etc4 #agei4 ,one cartouche drawn by ,gravelot1 engraved by ,choffard4 ,d',anville was ,gravelot's elder brother4 ,,argenville 7,,dezallier ,d'74 ,,abr,g ,,de ,,la ,,vie ,,des ,,plus ,,fameux ,,peintres1 etc4 ,paris1 de ,bure1 #agde1 #b vols41 #dto4 ,,suppl,,ment ,l',,abr,g1 etc4 ,paris1 de ,bure1 #ageb1 #dto4 ,in all #c vols4 ,a frontispiece1 #c vignettes1 one tail-piece1 and #bed portraits or ornamental frames for portraits4 ,the tail-piece is by ,choffard4 ,,arioste4 ,,orlando ,,furioso ,,di ,,ludovico ,,ariosto4 ,birmingham1 ,baskerville1 #aggc1 #d vols41 large #hvo4 ,a portrait and #df illustrations4 ,one plate is engraved by ,choffard after ,monnet4 ,a fine edition4 ,some very scarce copies contain plates before letters1 with the exception of those engraved by ,bartolozzi4 #ajj large paper copies were issued #dto size4 ,,arsace ,,et ,,ism,,nie1 ,,histoire ,,orientale4 ,royal #hvo4 ,the title-page is designed by ,choffard and ,le ,mire engraved it4 ,,arte ,y ,,puntual ,,explicacion ,,del ,,modo ,,de ,,tocar ,,el ,,violin1 etc41 compuesto por ,d4 ,joseph ,herrado 444 quien le dedica al ,excmo4 ,sr ,dn ,francisco ,ponce de ,leon 444 ,la ,mca y ,ltra gravada por ,melle ,vendome4 ,a title-page1 on one copy of which are written the words 8,joannes a cruce faciebat ,parisiis #agei10 8,p4 ,p4 ,choffard ornamenta40 ,,atlas ,,topographique ,,des ,,environs ,,de ,,paris1 ddis et prsent au ,roy par son trs-humble et trs-obissant serviteur 444 ,lattr4 ,a decorative title-page by ,choffard4 ,,bachelier4 ,,collection ,,de ,,cul sic ,,de ,,lampes sic ,,et ,,fleurons1 invents et dessins par ,mr4 ,bachelier1 peintre du ,roy1 tire de la grande edition in-folio des ,fables de la ,fontaine1 et gravs par ,p4 ,p4 ,choffard4 ,distribus en quatre suites2 ,avec privilege du ,roy4 ,ier4 suite4 ,a ,paris chs sic la ,ve4 ,chereau rue ,st4 ,jacques au #b ,pilliers d',or4 ,royal #hvo4 ,a fleuron on the title-page and #e plates engraved by ,choffard after ,bachelier4 ,there are #b or #c separate designs on several of the sheets4 ,this suite and the next one mentioned1 are not the actual illustrations that appear in the folio 8,la ,fontaine10 although the title states so4 ,those contained in the #agee-agei edition are not from copper-plates1 but are wood-engravings1 executed by ,papillon1 for the most part4 ,these woodcuts are evidently copies of the designs which ,choffard engraved after ,bachelier4 ,,bachelier4 #bme4 ,,suitte sic ,,de ,,culs ,,de ,,lampes sic ,,et ,,fleurons1 invents et dessins par ,mr4 ,bachelier ,ptre4 du ,roy1 tire de la grande edition in-folio des ,fables de la ,fontaine1 et gravs par ,p4 ,p4 ,choffard4 ,avec privilge du ,roy4 ,a ,paris1 chz la ,ve4 ,chereau rue ,st4 ,jacques aux #b ,pilliers d',or4 ,royal #hvo4 ,a fleuron on the title-page and #e plates by ,bachelier engraved by ,choffard4 ,there are #b separate designs on some of the sheets4 ,the same remarks apply to this suite as well as to the last4 ,,basan4 ,,recueil ,d',,estampes ,,grav,,es ,d',,apr,s ,,les ,,tableaux ,,du ,,cabinet ,,de ,,monseigneur ,,le ,,duc ,,de ,,choiseul1 par les soins du sieur ,basan4 ,a ,paris1 chs sic l',auteur1 rue et hotel serpente1 #agga1 #dto4 ,a title-page1 dedication-page1 one portrait1 and #abh plates4 ,the title-page is by ,choffard4 ,the numbering of the plates goes up to number #abc2 the figures #fh1 #fi1 #gf1 #gh1 and #aja are repeated2 these duplicate numbers have an asterisk against them4 ,the ,duc de ,choiseul sold his beautiful collection of pictures after falling into disgrace at court in #aggj4 ,,basan4 ,,catalogue ,,raisonn ,,des ,,differens ,,objets ,,de ,,curiosit ,,dans ,,les ,,sciences ,,et ,,dans ,,les ,,arts ,,qui ,,composoient ,,le ,,cabinet ,,de ,,feu ,m4 ,,mariette1 etc41 par ,f4 ,basan1 graveur4 ,a ,paris1 #agge1 #hvo4 ,a decorative title-page1 a frontispiece1 and #d etchings4 ,the fine frontispiece is by ,cochin1 engraved by ,choffard1 and exists before letters4 ,only #ab copies of this book were printed on holland paper4 ,,basan4 ,,catalogue ,d',,une ,,belle ,,collection ,,de ,,dessins ,,italiens1 ,,flamands1 ,,holandais ,,et ,,fran,,ois1 etc41 le tout rassembl avec soins et dpenses par ,m4 ,neyman1 amateur ,amsterdam1 etc41 par ,fr4 ,basan4 ,le prsent catalogue est orn d'un frontispice par le sieur ,choffard1 et de ,,xiv4 sic1 read #ai estampes graves l'eau-forte par ,weisbrodt1 ,duplessi-,bertaux et ,le ,veau1 d'aprs des dessins capitaux d',adrien van ,velde1 etc4 ,paris1 ,basan et ,prault1 #aggf1 #hvo4 ,decorative title-page by ,choffard4 ,,basan4 ,,collection ,,de ,,cent ,,vingt ,,estampes ,,grav,,es ,d',,apr,s ,,les ,,tableaux ,,et ,,dessins ,,qui ,,composoient ,,le ,,cabinet ,,de ,m4 ,,poullain receveur gnral des domaines du ,roi1 dcd en #aghj1 etc41 excutes sous la direction du sieur ,fr4 ,basan1 graveur1 etc4 ,paris1 ,basan et ,poignant1 #agha1 #dto4 ,a fleuron on the dedication-page by ,choffard1 an ornamented title-page and illustrations by other artists4 ,the illustrated title-page used in the 8,catalogue ,neyman0 is repeated in this volume1 with the title altered to suit the book4 ,the artist's signature without the date is on this plate1 whereas in the 8,catalogue ,neyman0 the plate is dated4 ,,basan4 ,,dictionnaire ,,des ,,graveurs ,,anciens ,,et ,,modernes1 ,,depuis ,l',,origine ,,de ,,la ,,gravure1 par ,f4 ,basan1 graveur2 seconde dition mise par ordre alphabtique1 considrablement augmente et orne de cinquante estampes par diffrents artistes clbres1 ou sans aucune au gr de l'amateur4 ,paris1 chez l'auteur1 ,cuchet1 ,prault1 #aghi1 #b vols41 #hvo4 #c pretty head-pieces by ,choffard3 one on the dedication-page1 another on the first page of the catalogue in volume i2 the third is in the second volume and is a little masterpiece4 ,this latter was reprinted in ,regnault's catalogue of ,basan's collection2 it represents ,basan's study on one side and his studio on the other4 ,in the centre of the composition1 which is dated #agij1 ,choffard has placed a framed portrait of his friend ,basan4 ,these #c vignettes exist in proofs before text and in various other states4 ,most of the other illustrations are borrowed from different works4 ,the vignette containing ,basan's portrait is dated #agij1 the other head-pieces are dated #aghi4 ,evidently the second volume of the book 7if not both parts7 did not appear until #agij1 considering the head-piece thus dated is printed in the text and would therefore not have been added after the volume's issue4 ,this little portrait of ,basan was used again for the re-issue of the same book--,paris1 ,blaise1 #ahji4 ,,bellin4 ,essai ,gographique sur les ,isles ,britanniques1 etc41 pour le service des vaisseaux du ,roi1 etc41 par ,m4 ,bellin1 etc4 ,a ,paris1 de l'imprimerie de ,didot1 #ageg1 #dto4 ,an engraved title-page1 a fleuron on the title1 one vignette1 #aa head-pieces1 #bb tail-pieces1 and #e maps4 ,the little views and plans by ,choffard are charming and are far superior to the other illustrations in this volume4 ,the vignette representing 8,plan de ,londres0 and #d tail-pieces are signed by ,choffard1 the frames of several of the other tail-pieces and the little view of ,windsor1 which forms a cul-de-lampe1 may also be attributed to him4 ,choffard's border for the title-page is used for the same purpose in 8,description gographique des dbouquemens de ,saint ,domingue0 by the same author4 ,,bellin4 ,,description ,g,,ographique ,,des ,,isles ,,antilles1 possdes par les anglais1 etc4 ,a ,paris1 de l',imprimerie de ,didot1 #ageh1 #dto4 ,an engraved title-page1 #ab maps1 and #aj head-pieces4 ,the frame for the title-page and one head-piece are by ,choffard4 ,,bellin4 ,d,,scription ,g,,ographique ,,de ,,la ,,guyane1 etc4 ,dresses au ,dpost des ,cartes et ,plans de la ,marine par ordre de ,m4 le ,duc de ,choiseul1 ,colonel ,gnral des ,suisses et ,grisons1 ,ministre de la ,guerre et de la ,marine1 etc4 ,a ,paris1 de l'imprimerie de ,didot1 #agfc1 #dto4 ,a frame on the title-page1 a head-piece to the 8avertissement10 one head-piece and #aj plates representing natives1 animals1 plants1 etc41 and #bj maps or plans4 ,the frame round the title is signed 8,croisey ,sc410 and is similar to that in 8,description gographique des isles ,antilles10 which is signed 8,p4 ,p4 ,choffard fecit #ageh40 8,dscription gographique de la ,guyane0 has the same title-border as the other book1 only it is reversed and has a slight alteration in the top of the design4 ,the head-piece to the 8avertissement0 is also the same as that in 8,description gographique des isles ,antilles10 in which book it is signed 8,p4 ,p4 ,choffard fecit #ageh10 whereas in 8,dscription gographique de la ,guyane0 it is signed 8,p4 ,r4 ,rameau fecit #agfb10 and is reversed2 it is also a little larger1 owing to the fact that there is slightly more space between the vignette and the border1 and a muzzle of a cannon1 etc41 are added4 ,probably ,rameau copied ,choffard's plate4 ,this head-piece is also in 8,description gographique du ,golfe de ,venise et de la ,more40 ,,bellin4 ,,description ,g,,ographique ,,et ,,historique ,,de ,l',,isle ,,de ,,corse1 etc41 par le ,sieur ,bellin1 ingnieur de la ,marine4 ,a ,paris1 de l'imprimerie de ,didot1 #agfi1 #dto4 ,a head-piece1 #b ornamental borders1 and many maps4 ,the head-piece is by ,choffard and appears in 8,description gographique des dbouquemens qui sont au nord de l'isle de ,saint ,domingue0 and in 8,description gographique du ,golfe de ,venise et de la ,more40 ,,berquin4 ,,uvres ,,compl,,tes ,,de ,,berquin1 nouvelle dition range dans un meilleur ordre4 ,paris1 ,renouard1 an ,,xi4 #ahjc4 #ag vols41 crown #hvo4 #bjd illustrations4 ,the decorative title-page to the 8,idylles0 is drawn by ,monsiau and engraved by ,choffard4 ,published on vellum paper2 #c copies are mentioned as being printed on pink paper4 ,,berthoud 7,,ferdinand74 ,l',,art ,,de ,,conduire ,,et ,,de ,r,,gler ,,les ,,pendules ,,et ,,les ,,montres1 etc4 ,a ,paris1 chez l'auteur1 chez ,michel ,lambert1 #agei1 #abmo4 #d engravings of mechanical plates by ,choffard4 ,,berthoud 7,,ferdinand74 ,,essai ,,sur ,l',,horlogerie4 ,paris1 #agfc1 #b vols41 #dto4 #ch engravings of mechanical drawings by ,choffard4 ,,berthoud 7,,ferdinand74 ,,trait ,,des ,,horloges ,,marines1 etc4 ,a ,paris1 chez ,j4 ,b4 ,g4 ,musier fils1 libraire1 #aggc1 #dto4 ,a fleuron on the title-page by ,choffard1 a vignette with ,louis ,,xv's portrait above the dedication by ,cochin1 engraved by ,choffard and #bg mechanical drawings engraved by ,choffard4 ,the fleuron also appears on the title-pages of ,,eclaircissemens ,,sur ,l',,invention 444 ,,des ,,nouvelles ,,machines ,,propos,,es ,,en ,,france1 ,,pour ,,la ,d,,termination ,,des ,,longitudes ,,en ,,mer ,,par ,,la ,,mesure ,,du ,,temps1 etc4 ,a ,paris1 chez ,j4 ,b4 ,g4 ,musier fils1 libraire1 #aggc1 #dto1 and ,,trait ,,des ,,montres ,,longitudes1 etc4 ,a ,paris1 de l',imprimerie de ,ph4-,d4 ,pierres1 ,premier imprimeur du ,roi1 #agib1 #dto4 ,,berthoud 7,,ferdinand74 ,,de ,,la ,,mesure ,,du ,,temps ,,par ,,les ,,horloges ,,dans ,l',,usage ,,civil1 etc4 ,a ,paris1 de l'imprimerie de ,a4-,j4 ,baudelot ,j4-,m4 ,eberhart1 ,fructidor1 l',an ,v4 de la ,rpublique 7#agig vieux style71 #dto4 #i mechanical drawings engraved by ,choffard4 ,,berthoud 7,,ferdinand74 ,,histoire ,,de ,,la ,,mesure ,,du ,,temps ,,par ,,les ,,horloges1 par ,ferdinand ,berthoud1 ,mechanicien de la ,marine1 etc4 ,a ,paris1 de l',imprimerie de la ,rpublique1 an ,x 7#ahjb v4 s471 #b vols41 #dto4 ,a fleuron repeated on the title-page of each volume and many diagrams and plates4 ,the fleuron1 which is by ,choffard1 represents an ornamental slab on which clocks1 a gyroscope1 and other scientific instruments are placed4 ,the little vignette is one of the numerous examples of the artist's skill in rendering inartistic subjects pleasing to the eye4 ,not only has he placed the various instruments in foreshortened positions and broken their stiff outlines by allowing books and scrolls to lie about in agreeable disorder1 but a charming little view of the ,place ,carousel forms the background1 thus completing the picture4 ,,blin ,,de ,,sainmore4 ,,lettre ,,de ,,sapho ,,phaon1 prcde d'une ptre ,rosine1 etc41 par ,m4 ,blin de ,sainmore4 ,paris1 ,sbastien ,jorry1 #agfg1 #hvo4 #c illustrations1 including a tail-piece by ,choffard4 ,the latter1 touched up and dated #ahja1 appears in ,basan's 8,dictionnaire des ,graveurs40 ,this book1 together with other opuscules of ,blin de ,sainmore1 was republished under the title of 8,hrodes0 or 8,lettres en vers10 ,paris1 ,s4 ,jorry1 #agfg1 #e vols41 #hvo1 and contains the same plates4 ,there are some holland paper copies4 ,,boccace4 ,,il ,,decamerone ,,di ,m4 ,,giovanni ,,boccaccio4 ,londra 7,paris71 #ageg1 #e vols41 #hvo4 ,profusely illustrated4 ,there are #d tail-pieces ,choffard engraved after ,gravelot4 ,the first proofs are marked with a 8paraphe0 on the lower part of the back of each plate and it looks like a small script monogram4 ,the volumes containing these are most sought after4 ,all copies are on holland paper4 ,there exist proofs before the artists' names and in various other states4 ,the pictures in the ,italian edition are accepted as the first impressions from the plates4 ,there are1 however1 copies of the ,french edition which contain proofs with the 8paraphe0 and they were placed in the volumes at the time of issue4 ,the ,french edition of this book1 8,le ,dcameron de ,jean ,boccace1 traduit par ,le ,maon10 ,londres 7,paris71 #ageg1 #e vols41 #hvo1 contains the same plates and tail-pieces as in the ,italian edition4 ,this translation1 published by the same editors as those of the ,italian edition1 is much sought after1 although the proofs of the full-page plates and especially of the tail-pieces1 are not as fine4 ,there was one issue on large paper1 which is less good than the small paper copies4 ,some collectors put full-page plates of the ,italian edition into their copy of the ,french edition2 nevertheless1 they cannot hide the inferiority of the tail-pieces4 ,these latter are even repeated in several parts of the book and are not put at the same places as in the original edition4 ,note that the full-page plate which belongs to the first 8,nouvelle0 of the eighth 8,journe0 is different in the ,french edition from that in the ,italian one4 ,there are several re-issues of this work1 which are very inferior to that of #ageg4 ,,boccace4 ,,estampes ,,galantes ,,des ,,contes ,,du ,,boccace4 ,a ,londres1 #agei1 #dto4 ,a title-frontispiece and #bj plates designed by ,gravelot4 ,choffard engraved the title-page4 ,,boccherini 7,luigi74 ,,douze ,,nouveaux ,,quintetti2 pour deux violons1 deux violoncelles et alto1 par ,luigi ,boccherini1 etc41 uvre #cg1 ,prix #i fr4 ,a ,paris1 chez ,ignace ,pleyel1 etc41 large #dto4 ,title-page by ,choffard4 ,,briseux4 ,,trait ,,du ,,beau ,,essentiel ,,dans ,,les ,,arts1 ,,appliqu ,,particuli,,rement ,l',,architecture1 etc41 par le sieur ,c4 ,e4 ,briseux1 architecte4 ,paris1 chez l'auteur et chez ,chereau1 #ageb1 #b vols41 #dto4 #f tail-pieces by ,choffard and #b architectural drawings engraved by the same artist4 ,one tail and a head-piece are in ,choffard's style1 but are unsigned4 ,this draughtsman may likewise have engraved some of the architectural plates that bear no signature4 ,also many plates by other artists4 ,a sumptuous book with the text engraved4 ,,bussy-,,rabutin4 ,,histoire ,,amoureuse ,,des ,,gaules4 7,paris71 #aged1 #e vols41 #abmo4 #e engraved title-pages designed by ,choffard2 #b of them are engraved by ,legrand4 ,,cabinet ,,des ,f,,es1 ou collection choisie des contes de fes et autres contes merveilleux1 ornes de figures4 ,genve1 ,barde1 ,manget et ,cie1 et ,paris1 #aghe-aghi4 #da vols41 #hvo4 #abj plates by ,marillier1 of which ,choffard engraved one4 ,since there are #c plates in each volume the book ought to contain #abc illustrations2 but it must be noted that volume #cg has no pictures4 ,there are #b plates which are missing in most copies4 ,the one belongs to 8,barbe-,bleue10 and has 8,dans ce moment on heurta si fort la porte0 inscribed on it1 and the other bears the words 8,le ,petit ,poucet s'tant approch de l',ogre40 ,these two plates appear to have been replaced by the two others that illustrate these 8contes0 in all the ordinary copies of the book4 ,the plates in the #abmo edition are later impressions than those in the #hvo4 one4 ,the pictures are very commonly found bound without the text1 and collectors appear to prefer them in this form4 ,,cartes ,,et ,,tables ,,de ,,la ,g,,ographie ,,physique ,,ou ,,naturelle1 cet ouvrage approuv et publi sous le privge4 de l',ac4 se trouve ,paris sur le quai de l',horloge4 ,a frame by ,choffard4 ,,catalogue ,,des ,,chevaliers1 ,,commandeurs ,,et ,,officiers ,,de ,l',,ordre ,,du ,,saint-,,esprit1 avec leurs noms et qualit depuis l'institution jusqu' prsent4 ,paris1 de l'imprimerie de ,ballard1 #agfj1 folio4 ,the publishers appear to have issued this book1 in #agfj1 with a varying number of illustrations4 ,the following is the description of the illustrations in a very fine copy3 a frontispiece by ,boucher1 engraved by ,l4 ,cars1 a fleuron on the title-page1 #a head-piece1 #e head-pieces with portraits of ,french kings1 #af tail-pieces1 some being repetitions of the same designs1 and #e ornamental letters4 ,all the illustrations1 excepting the frontispiece1 bear the initials 8,h4 ,g40 7,hubert ,gravelot7 and 8,l4 ,c40 7,l4 ,cars74 ,choffard1 however1 engraved them under ,cars' direction1 in spite of them not being signed by ,choffard1 who likewise etched the two ornamental letters ,h and the three ,ls1 and ,choffard designed the very small fleurons that are contained within the frame of these letters1 which are charming4 ,,catalogue ,,des ,,planches ,,grav,,es ,,qui ,,composent ,,le ,,fonds ,,de ,,basan4 #ahje4 ,this book contains a charming oblong vignette by ,choffard1 representing ,basan's gallery1 in which 8amateurs0 are sitting and strolling4 ,,cazotte4 ,,uvres ,,badines ,,et ,,morales ,,de ,m4444 ,amsterdam et ,paris1 chez ,esprit1 #aggf1 #b vols41 #hvo4 #b plates by ,cochin1 engraved by ,choffard and ,prvost4 ,,changran 7,,de74 ,,manuel ,,du ,,chasseur1 etc41 par ,m4 de ,changran4 ,a ,paris1 chez ,saugrain et ,lamy1 libraires1 #aghj1 #abmo4 ,an etched title-page by ,choffard4 ,,charri,,re 7,,mme4 ,,de74 ,,les ,,trois ,,femmes1 par ,mme4 de ,charrire1 auteur des lettres crites de ,lausanne1 etc4 ,paris1 ,nepveu1 libraire1 passage des ,panoramas #bf1 #ahji1 #hvo4 ,a frontispiece and #f plates by ,legrand4 ,the frontispiece and #c illustrations are etched by ,duplessis-,bertaux and finished by ,choffard4 ,,chateaubriand4 ,,atala-,,ren1 par ,fr4 ,aug4 de ,chateaubriand4 ,a ,paris1 chez ,le ,normant1 #ahje1 #abmo4 #f plates by ,barth4 ,garnier1 #c of which are engraved by ,choffard4 ,this is the original edition and exists on vellum paper with plates before letters4 ,there are also large paper copies4 ,,ch,,reau4 ,,diversi ,,trofei ,,de ,b4 ,,bossi ,,et ,p4 ,p4 ,,choffard4 #b books1 each containing #f designs4 ,chreau published them1 therefore they appear under his name4 ,,mm4 ,portalis and ,braldi say that1 similar to the suite next mentioned1 there is some manipulation on the part of the publisher4 ,no doubt these plates1 which are very poor impressions1 are either copies of the originals by ,choffard or are from faked plates4 ,,ch,,reau4 ,six books of 8cartouches0 by ,choffard were published by ,chreau4 ,they ought to be mentioned1 though they are of very minor importance1 considering the six plates1 that each book contains1 are only copies of the 8cartouches0 which ,choffard executed for ,robert de ,vaugondy's atlas and for other maps4 ,,choffard4 ,,livre ,d',,cussons ,,et ,,cartels1 dessins par ,p4 ,p4 ,choffard4 ,a ,paris1 rue ,st4 ,jacques1 aux deux pilliers d'or4 #g oblong plates1 containing #aj designs4 ,,choffard4 ,,notice ,,historique ,,sur ,l',,art ,,de ,,la ,,gravure ,,en ,,france1 par ,p4 ,p4 ,ch4441 dessinateur et graveur1 ci-devant de plusieurs ,acadmies royales1 membre de l',athne des ,arts4 ,a ,paris1 chez ,pichard1 libraire1 ,plicier1 libraire1 an ,,xii--#ahjd4 #hvo4 ,the pretty head-piece etched by the author is said1 by some1 to represent ,choffard1 as a young man1 in his studio4 ,some copies of this book bear the name of 8,richard0 as publisher4 ,,choiseul-,,gouffier 7,,comte ,,de74 ,,voyage ,,pittoresque ,,de ,,la ,,gr,,ce4 ,paris1 #aghb-ahji1 #b vols41 folio4 ,a portrait1 #a large fleuron on the title-page1 #ab large fleurons and tail-pieces1 and #hi plates4 ,one head-piece and a tail-piece1 both very fine and belonging to the first chapter1 are engraved by ,choffard2 the head-piece is after ,monnet and the tail-piece is designed and reproduced by ,choffard4 ,the publication of this sumptuous work was interrupted by the ,revolution and the second volume appeared in separate parts between the years #ahji and #ahbe4 ,the first volume is the only one that is collected1 the second being very inferior4 ,,corneille4 ,,th,,tre ,,de ,p4 ,,corneille1 etc4 ,nouvelle dition augmente4 ,genve 7,berlin71 #aggd1 #h vols41 #dto4 ,the #ce illustrations found in 8,thtre de ,pierre ,corneille1 avec commentaires 7par ,voltaire710 etc4 7,genve71 #agfd1 #ab vols41 #hvo1 are republished framed in this edition4 ,gravelot designed these frames1 and the one round ,corneille's portrait is engraved by ,choffard4 ,,couch4 ,,galerie ,,du ,,palais-,,royal1 grave d'aprs les tableaux des diffrentes coles qui la composent1 etc4 ,paris1 ,j4 ,couch et ,bouilliard1 #aghf-ahjh1 #c vols41 large folio4 ,a fleuron on the dedication-page and #cee illustrations4 ,the fine design on the dedication-page is by ,choffard1 who also etched it1 the engraving work upon the plate being done by ,guttenberg4 ,a certain number of copies were printed on 8colombier0 paper1 with plates before letters 7with the titles printed separately on tissue paper7 and #ab copies on 8vlin jsus0 paper1 likewise containing plates before letters4 ,the pictures of the ,palais-,royal were dispersed during the ,revolution and sold in ,england4 ,,cuvilli,s4 ,,cahiers ,,de ,,projets ,d',,architectures4 ,serie ,c4 ,architectural plans1 etc41 and a cartouche enclosing the dedication to 8,son ,altesse ,s4 ,e4 de ,bavire40 ,,delille 7,l',,abb74 ,,les ,,jardins1 pome1 par ,jacques ,delille1 nouvelle dition considrablement augmente4 ,paris1 ,levrault frres1 an ,,ix--#ahja4 #abmo4 #d plates by ,monsiau1 #b of which ,choffard has engraved4 ,published on ordinary and on vellum paper4 ,plates before letters exist4 ,d,,sormeaux4 ,,histoire ,,de ,,la ,,maison ,,de ,,bourbon4 ,paris1 imprimerie royale1 #aggi-aghh1 #e vols41 #dto4 ,a frontispiece1 a decorative dedication-page1 #e fleurons on the title-pages1 #ad framed portraits1 #ba vignettes1 and #ba tail-pieces4 ,a magnificently illustrated work4 ,the beautiful tail-pieces1 which are all by ,choffard1 show how clever this artist is in avoiding similarity even when the subjects seem to necessitate repetition1 since similar trophies are introduced into nearly every tail-piece without any positive resemblance1 showing great ingenuity on the part of the artist4 ,each portrait is in a differently decorated frame designed by ,choffard1 who also etched and possibly engraved them4 ,these portraits are supposed not to have been published with the edition1 since early copies are found without them4 ,,dubos4 ,,romance par ,m4 ,dubos1 jne4 professeur au ,lyce imprial4 ,a vignette by ,moreau1 engraved by ,choffard4 ,,glise ,,sainte ,,genevieve 7,,plan1 ,,coupe ,,et ,l,,vation ,,perspective ,,de ,,la ,,nouvelle7 construite d'aprs les desseins de ,j4 ,g4 ,soufflot1 etc41 #ahmo4 ,a title-page1 #a plan and #b very small views1 all of which are framed by the same design1 and are unsigned1 although they are by ,choffard4 ,some proofs of the view of the interior of the church bear the title 8,nouvelle ,egise4 ,ste-,genevieve10 and others have the words 8,vue intrieure0 printed on the tablet at the top of the frame2 the details of the church differ in these two proofs4 ,this little book was published on the occasion of the inauguration of the new church of ,sainte ,genevieve1 now usually known as the ,panthon4 ,in #aged ,louis ,,xv1 finding himself seriously ill1 vowed that if1 through the intercession of ,sainte ,genevieve1 he recovered1 he would raise to her honour a new and sumptuous temple4 ,restored to health the king kept his word and on the #fth of ,september #agfd the first stone of the church was laid by him4 ,the edifice was advanced and the dome was being constructed1 when the masonry began to crack and the architect1 ,soufflot1 realized that his building threatened to collapse4 ,full of despair and amidst the sneers of his critics1 ,soufflot died in #aghj and was succeeded by ,rondelet4 ,,erlach 7,,rodolphe ,,de74 ,,code ,,du ,,bonheur1 etc4 ,paris et ,genve1 #aghh1 #f vols41 #hvo4 ,a fine frontispiece engraved by ,choffard4 ,this book is dedicated to ,catherine ,,ii4 ,,etrennes ,,galantes1 chez ,vallayer1 ,marchand bijoutier1 #agea4 ,the vignette with two very small frames adjoining1 the right-hand one of which bears the words 8,etrennes galantes10 is partly by ,choffard4 ,a little cupid is included in the composition and ,jombert attributes the engraving of his face to ,cochin and the rest of the vignette to ,choffard4 ,,etrennes ,,galantes4 #abmo4 ,title-page by ,choffard1 mostly engraved by ,cochin4 ,n4,b4--,this is another issue4 ,f,,nelon4 ,,les ,,aventures ,,de ,t,l,,maque4 ,there exists an engraved title-page which has a little portrait of ,fnelon in the upper part4 ,the decorative portion of this plate is engraved by ,choffard4 ,this engraving is usually found in the editions of #aghc and #aghe4 ,,graffigny 7,,mme4 ,,de74 ,,lettres ,d',,une ,p,,ruvienne1 par ,mme de ,graffigny1 traduites du franais en italien par ,m4 ,deodati avec le texte en regard4 ,paris1 imprimerie de ,migneret1 #agig1 #hvo4 ,a portrait of the author and #f plates by ,le ,barbier2 one of these is engraved by ,choffard4 ,some copies were published #dto size1 containing plates before letters and the eaux-fortes4 ,,gravelot ,,and ,,cochin4 ,,almanach ,,iconologique ,,ou ,,des ,,arts1 pour l'anne #agfe and for the following years until #agha4 ,paris1 chez ,lattr1 graveur1 rue ,saint-,jacques1 #ag vols41 #ahmo4 ,there is one portrait and each volume contains a calendar for the year in which it was published1 illustrated by a frontispiece common to all1 an engraved title-page and #ab plates4 ,the total number of illustrations in all the volumes is #bjd plates and #ag engraved title-pages1 #e of the latter being repeated4 ,all illustrations are by ,cochin and ,gravelot2 ,choffard engraved #aj plates and a decorative title-page after the latter4 ,there was a trial edition published in #agfd2 only exceedingly few copies of it exist4 ,this trial almanack is the same as the one issued in #agfe4 ,it is by ,gravelot1 and two of the plates are engraved by ,choffard4 ,the correct edition should have the name of 8,lattr0 on the title-page4 ,,gravelot ,,and ,,cochin4 ,,iconologie ,,par ,,figures ou trait complet de la science des allgories en #cej figures graves d'aprs les dessins de ,,mm4 ,gravelot et ,cochin1 avec les explications relatives chaque sujet1 etc4 ,paris1 ,lattr1 graveur1 7#agha71 #d vols41 #abmo1 or1 when large paper1 #hvo4 ,the illustrations are the same as in the almanacks just mentioned1 but are placed in a different order4 ,this re-issue 7of the plates of the 8,almanach ,iconologique07 is far less rare than the original almanacks1 but the plates are still fairly good4 ,,helman4 ,,faits ,m,,morables ,,des ,,empereurs ,,de ,,la ,,chine1 etc4 ,paris1 chez l'auteur1 #aghh1 #dto4 #bd plates1 an engraved title-page and a head-piece above the dedication to the ,comtesse de ,provence4 ,this last vignette is engraved by ,helman after ,monnet1 but ,,mm4 ,portalis and ,braldi attribute the eau-forte of it to ,choffard4 ,see 8,,victoires ,,et ,,conqu,,tes ,,de ,l',,empereur ,,de ,,la ,,chine40 ,h,,nault 7,,le ,,pr,,sident74 ,,nouvel ,,abr,g ,,chronologique ,,de ,l',,histoire ,,de ,,france1 etc4 ,paris1 ,prault1 #agfh1 large #dto1 one volume usually bound in two parts4 ,the portrait of ,marie ,leczinska1 engraved by ,gaucher after ,nattier and framed by a floral decoration by ,choffard1 forms the exquisite head-piece on the dedication-page4 ,the book also contains illustrations by other artists4 ,the frame alone1 of the dedication head-piece1 exists in eau-forte4 ,,histoire ,,ancienne4 ,a vignette engraved by ,choffard after ,monnet4 ,,histoire ,,de ,,louis ,,xv4 ,,par ,m,,dailles4 ,de l',imprimerie royale1 #agec-ageg1 folio4 #bj handsome allegorical frames1 all of different design1 drawn and engraved by ,choffard under the direction of ,cochin fils4 ,twenty-two plates are known to exist1 but the whole series was never completed1 nor was the work ever published4 ,,id,e ,g,n,,rale ,,de ,,la ,,ville ,,de ,,rheims4 ,a head-piece by ,choffard4 ,,imbert4 ,,le ,,jugement ,,de ,,paris1 pome en ,,iv chants1 par ,m4 ,imbert4 ,amsterdam 7,paris71 #aggb1 #hvo4 #d charming vignettes by ,choffard and a title-page and #d plates by ,moreau1 which are also pretty4 ,,janvier4 ,choffard executed many cartouches for atlases by ,janvier4 ,,la ,,fontaine4 ,,fables ,,choisies1 mises en vers par ,j4 de ,la ,fontaine4 ,paris1 ,desaint et ,saillant1 #agee-agei1 #d vols41 folio4 ,a portrait and #bge illustrations4 #b plates are engraved by ,choffard after ,oudry4 ,in the prized edition the plate for the fable 8,le singe et le lopard0 has not got the name of the fable inscribed on the flying banner4 ,there are copies on ordinary bluish paper1 but the plates of these are poor impressions4 ,the woodcut tail-pieces were executed by ,papillon and others1 from ,bachelier's designs1 which had been etched by ,choffard as separate suites of plates4 ,see ,bachelier4 ,,la ,,fontaine4 ,,contes ,,et ,,nouvelles ,,en ,,vers par ,m4 de ,la ,fontaine4 ,amsterdam 7,paris71 #agfb1 #b vols41 #hvo4 #b portraits1 a large tail-piece containing a portrait of ,choffard by himself and #eg other etchings by ,choffard and #hj plates by ,eisen4 #adj illustrations in all4 ,choffard's work for this book consists of #b head-pieces1 #b fleurons1 #b fleurons on the title-pages1 and #eb tail-pieces4 ,he also engraved #a plate after ,eisen4 ,among the beautifully illustrated books of the eighteenth century only 8,les ,mtamorphoses d',ovide10 #agfg-agga1 can vie with this edition of ,la ,fontaine4 ,they are both magnificently illustrated and published in sumptuous style4 ,this work contains some of ,eisen's masterpieces and ,choffard's contributions are among his most charming book illustrations4 ,six plates1 originally 8dcouvertes10 were subsequently 8couvertes40 ,in correct copies ,choffard's portrait should1 like the proofs1 not have shading lines round the border of the medallion where the lettering is4 ,this vignette forms the tail-piece to 8,le ,rossignol40 ,choffard's charming etchings exist in various states4 ,this edition is known as that of the 8fermiers gnraux10 as they defrayed all expenses4 ,this was an association1 or kind of syndicate1 which collected the taxes for the ,government and guaranteed to pay over a certain sum4 ,evidently1 what could be collected beyond went as bonus to the associated members4 ,it is supposed that to obtain the favour of the court to continue the monopoly1 handsome presents had to be given4 ,whatever else may have been presented1 this edition was produced for the purpose1 and presentation copies were especially bound1 usually in blue1 red1 or green morocco1 by ,derome1 with 8dentelles0 as a rule1 and a tooled back designed by ,gravelot4 ,these copies1 however1 do not always contain the plates 8dcouvertes40 ,there exist many reprints of this famous edition1 some of which contain ,choffard's vignettes reversed4 ,some copies of the #agib imitation bear the date #agfb1 but it is detected as a forgery by the poorness of the impressions4 ,,la ,,fontaine4 ,,contes ,,et ,,nouvelles ,,en ,,vers1 par ,jean de ,la ,fontaine4 ,paris1 de l'imprimerie de ,p4 ,didot1 l'an ,,iii de la ,rpublique1 #agie1 #b vols41 #dto4 ,a fine fleuron by ,choffard on the title-page of volume i4 and repeated in the second one4 ,this beautiful edition was never completed owing to the lack of subscribers due to the ,revolution4 ,the volumes were to have contained #hj plates4 ,a number of the plates were ready or nearly finished1 and these can only be added to the work1 since they were not published with it4 ,in all1 #ch subjects are obtainable1 but no complete set is known4 ,the ordinary copies contain #bj plates1 most of them being after ,fragonard4 ,,la ,,rochefoucauld 7,,le ,,duc ,,de74 ,,maximes ,,et ,r,,flexions ,,morales4 ,a ,paris1 de l',imprimerie royale1 #aggh1 #hvo4 ,portrait of the author finely engraved by ,choffard after the enamel by ,petitot4 8,grav en #aggi par ,p4 ,p4 ,choffard ,des4 et ,grav4 de ,s4 ,m4 ,imp4 et du ,roi d',espagne0 is how the engraver signed himself on the right-hand side of this little chef-d'uvre4 ,the portrait is absent in many copies1 but the book is considered incomplete without it4 ,it is no uncommon thing for the plates to be post-dated in eighteenth-century volumes2 in this particular case it would be difficult to decide if the plate was published later than the book it was to illustrate1 or whether the work containing the frontispiece was issued in #aggi in spite of #aggh being printed on the title-page4 ,this portrait does not appear to have been published wholly without connection with the book it usually illustrates1 like some portraits contained in volumes of that period were4 ,,le ,,gendre4 ,,description ,,de ,,la ,,place ,,de ,,louis ,,xv ,,que ,l',,on ,,construit ,,reims1 etc4 ,a ,paris1 de l'imprimerie ,prault1 #agfe1 atlas folio4 ,one head-piece1 a plan1 #b plans with elevations1 #b views and #c other plates4 ,the beautiful head-piece is by ,choffard1 who also engraved #b views and #b plans with elevations4 ,,ligne 7,,prince ,,de74 ,,pr,,jug,s ,,militaires1 par un officier autrichien4 ,a ,kralovilhota1 #aghj1 #b vols41 #hvo4 ,a head-piece on the dedication-page1 #a tail-piece1 and #ad little battle scenes which form head-pieces4 ,choffard drew and etched all4 ,the vignettes are little gems of the art of miniature etching1 and their composition1 although on such a small scale1 is handled with the artistic judgement of a thorough master of the art4 ,n4,b4--,in all reference books #ae battle views are mentioned in error4 ,,louvet ,,de ,,couvray4 ,,les ,,amours ,,du ,,chevalier ,,de ,,faublas1 par ,j4-,b4 ,louvet4 #c;e4 dition1 revue par l'auteur4 ,se vend ,paris1 chez l'auteur1 rue de ,grenelle ,germain1 vis--vis la rue de ,bourgogne1 ci-devant htel de ,sens1 no4 #adie1 et chez les marchands de nouveauts4 ,an ,,vi de la ,rpublique 7#agih74 #d vols41 #hvo4 ,illustrated by #bg plates1 one of these is engraved by ,choffard after ,demarne4 ,there are copies on vellum paper in which the plates should be found before letters with the artists' names 8 la pointe40 ,although very rare1 the eaux-fortes of these plates exist4 ,the third is the best edition and the one sought after4 ,,lucr,,ce4 ,,de ,,la ,,nature ,,des ,,choses1 traduction de ,la ,grange4 ,de l'imprimerie de ,didot le jeune1 ,paris1 chez ,bleuet1 l'an deuxime de la ,rpublique 7#agid71 #b vols41 #dto1 vellum paper4 #a frontispiece placed in each volume and #f plates by ,monnet2 one of these is engraved by ,choffard4 ,this plate is framed and proofs of the frame alone exist1 as well as others containing the vignette4 ,this book was also published in #c volumes1 large #dto1 vellum paper1 with the same plates1 but the frontispiece1 unsigned1 is only placed in the first volume4 ,this edition consisted of #ej copies4 ,,ovide4 ,,les ,m,,tamorphoses ,d',,ovide1 en latin et en franois1 de la traduction de ,m4 l'abb ,banier1 de l',acadmie royale des inscriptions et belles-lettres1 avec des explications historiques4 ,paris1 ,hochereau 7or ,despilly1 or ,barrois1 or ,delalain1 or ,guillyn71 #agfg-agga1 #d vols41 #dto4 ,a frontispiece1 #c dedication-pages1 #d fleurons on the title-pages1 #cj vignettes1 a tail-piece at the end of the last volume and #adj plates4 ,choffard's work for this book consists of #cj head-pieces1 #e are etched after ,monnet and #be invented and etched by ,choffard1 a title-frontispiece1 the frame for the dedication to the ,duc de ,chartres1 #d fleurons on the title-pages and a large tail-piece at the end of the fourth volume4 ,,mm4 ,portalis and ,braldi also attribute to the 8matre ornemaniste0 the design of the frames that contain the vignettes4 ,these etchings exist in various unfinished states1 artist's proofs and proofs before letters4 ,in the exquisite frame round the dedication there is a slight difference between the design of the proofs before letters and those after3 early states bear the fleur-de-lis crown on the ball itself1 whereas later impressions have the crown placed outside1 above the ball4 ,this book contains fine illustrations of nine artists3 ,boucher1 ,choffard1 ,eisen1 ,gravelot1 ,leprince1 ,monnet1 ,moreau1 ,parizeau1 and ,saint-,gois and since these beautiful drawings were reproduced by the greatest engravers ,france possessed1 the artistic value of the four volumes is remarkable4 ,the plates1 which are not by ,choffard1 exist before letters2 there are also #f 8dcouvertes0 ones1 but these are exceedingly scarce4 ,a few copies of this book exist with the illustrations coloured1 but they are not so fine as the uncoloured ones1 for the plates were evidently only painted to please certain purchasers of the period and were not printed purposely for colouring4 ,the five publishers who shared the issue had their own names printed in their respective copies2 thus the first and correct edition is issued under five different publishers' names2 all copies are of equal excellence1 in spite of many collectors preferring 8,hochereau40 ,in some copies liber #h comes after liber #i4 8,les ,mtamorphoses d',ovide graves sur les desseins des meilleurs peintres franais4 ,par les soins des ,srs4 le ,mire et ,basan graveurs4 ,a ,paris1 chez ,basan rue du ,foin ,s4 ,jacques4 ,le ,mire rue ,s4 ,etienne des ,grs4 ,avec privilege du ,roi10 is engraved on the ornamental frontispiece that forms the half-title to volume i4 ,thus we know that it is to ,basan's and ,le ,mire's care that we owe the most magnificently illustrated ,french book of the eighteenth century4 ,there is a re-issue of this book which is such a marvellous imitation of the original1 that it would be easy for any but the most experienced to be deceived4 ,most of the plates are not quite so brilliant and the paper used is not as good as that of the first edition4 ,but in many copies of the second edition the plates1 or some of them1 are of the first issue and not of a second one4 ,volume #d of this reprint bears the date #aggj1 whereas the last volume of the good edition is dated #agga1 and the third volume page #bae has #bji printed in error4 ,,ovide4 ,,les ,m,,tamorphoses ,d',,ovide traduction nouvelle avec le texte latin1 suivie d'une analyse de l'explication des fables1 etc41 par ,m4 ,g4-,t4 ,villenave1 orne de gravures d'aprs les dessins de ,,mm4 ,le ,barbier1 ,monsiau et ,moreau4 ,paris1 ,gay et ,guestard 7imprimerie de ,didot l'an71 #ahjf1 #d vols41 large #dto or #hvo1 vellum paper4 #add illustrations4 ,choffard engraved one plate after ,monsiau4 ,proofs and eaux-fortes exist of all the plates1 with the exception of two4 ,,palissot4 ,,uvres ,,de ,m4 ,,palissot1 nouvelle dition4 ,lige1 ,plomteux1 #aggg1 #g vols41 #hvo4 ,a portrait of the author engraved by ,choffard after ,monnet and #ah plates by ,monnet and ,mon4 ,the engraving of the #aj illustrations by ,monnet1 although not signed by ,choffard1 is attributed to him by ,,mm4 ,portalis and ,braldi4 ,the plate for the 8chant ,i40 after ,monnet1 is supposed to represent ,baculard d',arnaud having his portrait painted4 ,there is a subsequent edition of this book1 ,,uvres ,,compl,,tes ,,de ,m4 ,,palissot4 ,lige et ,paris1 ,bastien1 #aggh-aggi1 #g vols41 #hvo1 containing the same plates4 ,,piis 7,,de74 ,,chansons ,,nouvelles4 ,paris1 imprimerie de ,ph4-,d4 ,pierres1 #aghe1 #abmo4 ,an ornamental dedication-page by ,choffard1 #ab vignettes by ,le ,barbier and #ba pages of engraved music4 ,one of the most gracefully illustrated little volumes ever published4 ,choffard's charming design for the dedication is similar in style to that of some of his book-plates4 ,the little book ought to contain ,de ,piis' portrait engraved by ,gaucher after ,h4 ,j4 ,franois1 although it is not positive whether it was published in the volume at the time of issue4 ,five of ,le ,barbier's illustrations appear again in 8,les ,bijoux des neuf surs10 ,a ,paris1 chez ,defer de ,maisonneuve1 #agij1 #b vols41 #abmo1 but in this book they are framed4 ,these framed plates exist also in proof form4 ,,pleyel ,,et ,,dussek4 ,m,,thode ,,pour ,,le ,,piano-,,forte1 par ,pleyel et ,dussek1 prix #ab fr4 ,a ,paris1 chez ,pleyel1 #dto4 ,the decorated title-page is by ,choffard4 ,,ponce4 ,,description ,,des ,,bains ,,de ,,titus ou collection de peintures trouves dans les ruines des thermes de cet empereur et gravs sous la direction de ,m4 ,ponce 7avec des explications par le docteur ,felice74 ,paris1 #aghf1 atlas folio4 #fj plates2 below one are the words1 8,p4 ,choffard ,direxit40 ,,racine4 ,,uvres ,,de ,,jean ,,racine1 avec des commentaires par ,m4 ,luneau de ,boisgermain4 ,paris1 ,cellot1 #agfh1 #g vols41 #hvo4 ,one portrait of the author by ,santerre engraved by ,gaucher2 the frame round it is designed by ,gravelot and engraved by ,choffard4 ,also #ab plates by ,gravelot4 ,a fine edition1 of which there are copies on holland paper with plates before letters4 ,it may be noted1 however1 that the illustrations very rarely have the 8lgende0 beneath them4 ,there is a re-issue containing very poor impressions off the same plates3 ,paris1 de l'imprimerie de ,pougin1 an ,,iv4 7#agif71 #g vols41 #abmo4 ,,racine4 ,,uvres ,,de ,,jean ,,racine1 avec des commentaires par ,j4 ,l4 ,geoffroy4 ,paris1 ,genets jne41 #ahjh1 #g vols41 #hvo4 #g fleurons on the title-pages1 #c portraits1 and #ab plates4 ,six fleurons on the title-pages are designed by ,garnier1 engraved by ,choffard4 ,the vignette on that of the sixth volume is entirely by ,choffard and represents the 8,abbaye de ,port ,royal des ,champs40 #f of the plates are engraved by ,choffard after ,garnier4 ,some copies of this book contain plates before letters4 ,,regnault4 7,l4 ,f474 ,,catalogue ,,raisonn ,d',,un ,,choix ,,pr,,cieux ,,de ,,dessins1 ,,et ,d',,une ,,nombreuse ,,et ,,riche ,,collection ,d',,estampes ,,anciennes ,,et ,,modernes1 ,,en ,,feuilles1 ,,en ,,recueils ,,et ,,en ,,uvres1 ,,livres ,,figures1 ,,sciences ,,et ,,arts1 ,,tableaux ,,et ,,autres ,,objets ,,curieux ,,qui ,,composaient ,,le ,,cabinet ,,de ,,feu ,,pierre-,,fran,,ois ,,basan ,p,,re1 ,,graveur ,,et ,,ancien ,,marchand ,d',,estampes1 par ,l4 ,f4 ,regnault1 peintre et graveur4 ,paris1 chez l'auteur1 an ,,vi de la ,rpublique1 #hvo4 ,a frontispiece and a head-piece by ,choffard4 ,the allegorical frontispiece represents ,basan in his study1 surrounded by his books and objets d'art and mythological personages2 below this plate are the words3 8,a la mmoire de ,p4 ,frs4 ,basan4 ,p4 ,p4 ,choffard ft4 ,l'an ,,vii4444 #ih40 ,it exists without the 8#ih0 and in various other early states4 ,in all reference books they have omitted to mention that the little vignette is the same as that in volume ii of ,basan's ,,dictionnaire ,,des ,,graveurs1 #aghi4 ,both illustrations are repeated in the #ahji edition of ,basan's ,,dictionnaire ,,des ,,graveurs4 ,regnault's book contains an article on ,basan4 ,,rousseau 7,,jean-,,jacques74 ,,lettres ,,de ,,deux ,,amants1 ,,habitants ,d',,une ,,petite ,,ville ,,au ,,pied ,,des ,,alpes4 ,amsterdam1 ,rey1 #agfa1 #f parts in #d vols41 #abmo4 #ab plates by ,gravelot1 #b of which are engraved by ,choffard4 ,this is the original edition of ,,la ,,nouvelle ,h,,lo,,se4 ,,rousseau 7,,jean-,,jacques74 ,,la ,,nouvelle ,h,,lo,,se1 ,,ou ,,lettres ,,de ,,deux ,,amants1 ,,habitants ,d',,une ,,petite ,,ville ,,au ,,pied ,,des ,,alpes1 recueillies et publies par ,j4 ,j4 ,rousseau1 nouvelle dition1 corige et augmente de figures en taille-douce et d'une table des matires4 ,neuchtel et ,paris1 chez ,duchesne1 #agfd1 #d vols41 #abmo and #hvo4 ,a frontispiece by ,cochin and the same illustrations as in the preceding book1 excepting the twelfth plate1 which is engraved by ,de ,longueil4 ,,rousseau 7,,jean-,,jacques74 ,,collection ,,compl,,te ,,des ,,uvres ,,de ,j4-,j4 ,,rousseau4 ,londres 7,bruxelles71 #aggd-aghc1 #ab vols41 #dto4 ,one portrait1 #ab fleurons on the title-pages and #cg plates4 ,the fleurons on the title-pages of five volumes1 all different1 are by ,choffard4 ,also two plates are engraved by him after ,moreau and ,cochin4 ,plates before letters are very scarce indeed and so are the eaux-fortes4 ,several of the volumes bear earlier dates printed on the title-pages than those engraved on the illustrations in the books4 ,on the title-page of volume nine is the date 8,,mdcclxvi0 instead of 8,,mdcclxxvi0 as it should be4 ,this error occurs in the particular copy examined1 but may1 perhaps1 only occur in certain copies4 ,the plate ,choffard engraved after ,cochin for 8,emile0 was again engraved by him in a reduced size for the octavo edition4 ,,rousseau 7,,jean-,,jacques74 ,,uvres ,,de ,j4-,j4 ,,rousseau1 citoyen de ,genve1 dition orn de figures1 etc4 ,paris1 ,defer de ,maisonneuve 7,imprimerie de ,didot jeune71 #agic-ahjj1 #ah vols41 large #dto1 vellum paper4 ,a portrait1 #e frontispieces and #bi plates4 ,two of these latter are engraved by ,choffard after ,monsiau4 ,the illustrations exist in the eau-forte and before letters4 ,,saint-,,lambert4 ,,les ,,saisons1 pome4 ,amsterdam1 #agfi1 #hvo4 ,one fleuron on the title-page1 #d etched head-pieces by ,choffard and #e plates by ,le ,prince and ,gravelot4 ,the illustration by ,le ,prince for the 8,printems0 sic is badly engraved by ,watelet in this edition4 ,the engraver's signature is followed by the date #agfh4 ,choffard has reproduced this plate beautifully and dated it #agfg4 ,re-issued in #agga as third edition and in #aggc as fifth edition1 with the same plates4 ,,saint-,,lambert4 ,,les ,,saisons1 pome1 septime dition4 ,amsterdam1 #agge1 large #hvo1 and ,,contes1 ,,po,,sies ,,fugitives ,,et ,,fables ,,orientales4 ,five plates by ,moreau and a fleuron and #d head-pieces by ,choffard4 ,these are very slightly larger than those in the edition just mentioned and have small differences in the designs1 also ,choffard did not etch these plates quite so delicately4 ,the two reproductions given in this book will show how slight a variation there is in the treatment of the same subject for these two editions4 ,,saint-,,non 7,l',,abb ,,richard ,,de74 ,,voyage ,,pittoresque1 ,,ou ,d,,scription ,,des ,,royaumes ,,de ,,naples ,,et ,,de ,,sicile4 ,paris 7,clousier imprimeur71 #agha-aghf1 #d parts in #e vols41 folio4 ,this work is profusely illustrated by many artists4 ,choffard engraved #ah plates2 these have several subjects on each one4 ,he also engraved a fleuron on the dedication-page to the ,queen and #b tail-pieces after his own designs2 #b fleurons on the title-pages after ,fragonard and #b tail-pieces and a head-piece by ,paris are likewise engraved by ,choffard4 ,these illustrations are some of the most beautiful ,choffard ever invented and engraved after his compatriots4 ,a fine lavishly illustrated book1 the expenses of which were defrayed by the author1 whom it ruined4 ,the plate of the 8,phallus0 7vol4 #b1 page #eb7 and #ad plates of medals of ,sicilian towns are often missing1 but should be contained in the book4 ,,sellius ,,et ,,dujardin4 ,,histoire ,g,n,,rale ,,des ,,provinces-,,unies4 ,paris1 ,simon1 #aged-aggj1 #h vols41 #hvo4 ,eight vignettes by ,choffard and ,eisen1 engraved by ,le ,mire1 several maps with cartouches by ,choffard1 a frontispiece and a vignette on the dedication-page by ,eisen and #ah portraits engraved by ,flipart4 ,,stiebelt 7,d474 ,,grande ,,sonate ,,pour ,,le ,,piano ,,forte1 compose et dedie par ,d4 ,stiebelt ,madame ,bonaparte4 ,a ,paris chez ,melle4 ,erard1 ,a ,lyon chez ,gamier1 prix #f1 large #dto4 ,the title-page is by ,choffard4 ,,tableaux ,,historiques ,,de ,,la ,r,,volution ,,fran,,aise 7,collection complte des71 compose de #aac numros en trois volumes4 7,texte par l'abb ,fauchet1 ,champfort1 ,guinguen et ,pags74 ,a ,paris1 chez ,aubert1 diteur et seul propritaire1 rue ,saint-,lazare1 ,chausse-d',antin #db2 imprim par ,didot l'an et termin par ,charles1 rue de ,seine1 an ,,xiii de la ,rpublique franaise 7#ahjd71 #c vols41 folio1 vellum paper4 ,three frontispieces1 #ahc plates and #ff medallion portraits4 ,choffard has engraved one of the plates which ,duplessi-,bertaux etched4 ,the first volume and half of the second had appeared in l'an ,,vi 7#agih71 when the editors were forced to modify the plan of their work and to reprint certain portions and to make it into three volumes in order to meet the current political requirements4 ,,tableaux ,,historiques ,,des ,,campagnes ,d',,italie1 depuis l'an ,,iv41 jusqu' la bataille de ,marengo1 etc4 ,les vues ont t pour la plupart prises sur les lieux mmes et les estampes sont graves d'aprs les dessins originaux de ,carle ,vernet4 ,paris1 de l'imprimerie de ,herhan et ,didot1 chez ,auber et ,nicolle1 #ahjf1 folio1 vellum paper4 ,twenty-nine plates and a map4 ,one plate is etched by ,duplessi-,bertaux and finished by ,choffard4 ,some copies contain plates before letters4 ,t,,rence4 ,,les ,,com,,dies ,,de ,t,,rence1 traduction nouvelle1 avec le texte latin ct et des notes par ,m4 l'abb ,le ,monnier4 ,paris1 ,jombert1 #agga1 #c vols41 #hvo4 ,a frontispiece and #f plates by ,cochin2 #b of these are engraved by ,choffard4 ,there are holland paper copies with plates before letters4 ,,trouville 7,j4 ,b4 ,,de74 ,l',,hydraulique ,,naturelle1 ou l'art d'lever les eaux sans mcanique1 par ,j4 ,b4 de ,trouville1 ingnieur4 ,the allegorical title-page is by ,choffard4 ,,vaugondy 7,,robert ,,de74 ,,atlas ,,universel1 etc4 ,paris1 #ageg1 folio4 ,this atlas contains over #ajj maps1 the titles of which are inscribed in cartouches2 about #ej of these are by ,choffard1 engraved by ,elisabeth ,haussard4 ,,victoires ,,et ,,conqu,,tes ,,de ,l',,empereur ,,de ,,la ,,chine1 reprsentes en #af planches graves ,paris1 de #aggj #aggd1 sous la direction de ,cochin1 par ,aliamet1 ,choffard1 ,le ,bas1 etc41 d'aprs les dessins excuts ,pkin par ordre de l'empereur ,kien-,longh1 folio4 ,two plates are engraved by ,choffard4 ,the ,east ,india ,company arranged for ,france to engrave this suite of plates for the ,emperor of ,china and applied to the ,marquis de ,marigny1 who asked ,cochin to direct the engraving of the pictures after drawings by the ,p4 ,p4 jsuites ,attiret1 ,damascus1 and ,castillon4 ,this book is very scarce indeed1 for all the copies were sent to ,china with the exception of one or two that were given as presents4 ,on page #eh of ,choffard's 8,notice sur l'art de la gravure0 he speaks very highly of this work and is exceedingly proud that the ,emperor of ,china should have asked ,france to engrave plates for him4 ,there is a reduction of this suite of plates which is engraved by ,helman4 ,see ,helman4 ,,voltaire4 ,,tancr,,de1 tragdie par ,m4 ,voltaire4 ,a ,genve1 chez les frres ,cramer1 #agfa1 #hvo4 ,a satirical frontispiece by ,gravelot1 engraved by ,choffard4 ,this plate is very rare1 it having been suppressed in many copies4 ,,voltaire4 ,,la ,,pucelle ,d',,orl,,ans1 pome en vingt et un chants par ,voltaire2 dition orne de figures graves par les meilleurs artistes de ,paris4 ,paris1 ,didot le jeune1 an ,,iii 7#agie71 #b vols41 large #dto1 vellum paper and also holland paper4 ,a portrait and #ba plates2 one of these is engraved by ,choffard after ,le ,barbier4 ,copies containing eaux-fortes and plates before letters exist4 ,,zannoni 7,,rizzi74 ,,atlas ,g,,ographique ,,et ,,militaire ou thtre de la guerre prsente en ,allemagne1 etc41 par ,m4 ,rizzi ,zannoni1 etc4 ,a ,paris1 chez ,ballard1 ,imprimeur du ,roy1 etc4 ,a frame round the title by ,choffard4 ,,zannoni 7,,rizzi74 ,,carte ,,geo-,,hydrographique ,,du ,,golfe ,,du ,,mexique ,,et ,,de ,,ses ,,isles1 etc4 ,par ,m4 ,rizzi ,zannoni4 ,a ,paris1 chez ,lattr1 small #dto4 ,a decorative title-page by ,choffard4 ,this book is evidently very scarce1 as it is not cited in reference books1 and having only seen the title-page1 it cannot be stated whether there are other illustrations in the volume4 ,illustration3 ,tail-piece from 8,contes et nouvelles en vers0 by ,la ,fontaine1 #agfb ---------------------------------------- -------------------------------- ,,addenda ,,to ,,catalogue ,,of ,,books ,,atlas ,,moderne ,,ou ,,collection ,,de ,,cartes ,,sur ,,toutes ,,les ,,parties ,,du ,,globe ,,terrestre ,,par ,,plusieurs ,,auteurs4 ,a ,paris1 chez ,lattr et chez ,delalain1 small folio4 ,a title-page and #gc maps2 six of these have cartouches signed by ,choffard4 ,there are many others unsigned or bearing ,arrivet's or ,marillier's signature4 ,paris1 ,hrissant1 #agfb1 is printed on a later edition4 ,,almanach4 ,,etrennes ,g,,ographiques4 ,,royaume ,,de ,,france ,,divis ,,par ,g,n,,ralit,s1 ,,sub-,,divis ,,par ,,lections1 ,,dioc,,ses1 ,,bailliages1 etc41 par ,l4-,a4 ,ducaille1 grav par ,lattr4 ,paris1 ,ballard1 libraire1 et aux ,spectacles1 #agfj1 #ahmo4 ,an ornamental title-page by ,choffard and a frontispiece and maps by other artists4 ,,beaurain 7,,chevalier ,,de74 ,,histoire ,,militaire ,,de ,,flandre1 ,,depuis ,l',,ann,e #afij4 ,,jusqu',,en #afid4 ,,inclusivement1 etc41 par le ,chevalier de ,beaurain4 ,paris1 chez ,le ,chevalier de ,beaurain1 ,ch4 ,nic4 ,poirion1 ,ch4 ,ant4 ,jombert1 #agee1 #b vols41 folio4 ,volume ,i contains a frontispiece1 #e head-pieces and #e tail-pieces4 ,the last tail-piece in the volume is designed by ,choffard1 who also etched it1 with the exception of the medal in the centre of the composition1 which is engraved by ,menil4 ,volume ,,ii consists of #e parts1 starting by number ,i and contains an ornamental title-page and maps4 ,f,,nelon4 ,,les ,,aventures ,,de ,t,,lemaque par ,fnelon4 ,de l',imprimerie de ,monsieur1 #aghe1 #b vols41 folio4 ,the woodcut of the arms of ,monsieur1 which is on the title-page of each volume1 is engraved after ,choffard4 ,this edition has a title-frontispiece1 #gb plates1 and #bd frames containing summaries and tail-pieces4 ,h,r4 ,,plans ,,et ,,elevations ,,de ,,la ,,place ,,royale ,,de ,,nancy ,,et ,,des ,,autres ,,edifices ,,qui ,l',,environnent ,b,,ties ,,par ,,les ,,ordres ,,du ,,roy ,,de ,,pologne ,,duc ,,de ,,lorraine4 ,ddis au ,roy de ,france par ,hr premier architecte de sa ,majest polonoise4 ,paris1 ,franois1 graveur1 #agec1 folio4 ,an ornamental title-page1 a frontispiece1 a dedication page1 and #ac folded architectural plates4 ,choffard designed and etched the title-page2 the frame round the dedication is etched by ,choffard after ,franois4 ,,janel4 ,,recueil ,,de ,,diligences1 ,,berlines1 ,,et ,,carosses ,,invent,s ,,et ,,dessin,s ,,par ,,janel4 ,paris1 ,chreau1 oblong folio4 #f parts each containing #f plates2 these #cf illustrations were engraved under ,choffard's direction4 ,,jombert 7,,charles-,,antoine74 ,l',,architecture ,,moderne ,,ou ,l',,art ,,de ,,bien ,b,,tir1 ,,pour ,,toutes ,,sortes ,,de ,,personnes1 diviss en #aj livres4 ,paris1 #agfd1 #dto4 ,a frontispiece1 head-pieces and architectural drawings by ,choffard and other artists4 ,,la ,,tour 7,,abb ,,de74 ,,trois ,,femmes1 ,,nouvelle4 ,seconde dition orne de sept estampes dessines par ,legrand1 et graves ,paris par les meilleurs artistes4 ,leipsic1 ,pierre ,philippe ,wolff1 #agih1 #abmo4 ,a frontispiece and #f plates by ,legrand1 engraved by ,choffard1 ,couch1 and ,duplessi-,bertaux4 ,these plates appear in 8,recueil de nouvelles et autres crits divers10 by the ,abb de la ,tour1 ,leipsig1 ,pierre ,philippe ,wolff1 #agih-agii1 #c vols41 #abmo4 ,they are also published in 8,les trois femmes10 by ,madame de ,charrire4 ,see ,,charri,,re4 ,,list ,,of ,,illustrations ,all the reproductions are from illustrations etched or engraved by ,choffard after his own designs and are practically the size of the originals1 unless otherwise stated4 ,the frontispiece of this book is a tail-piece from 8,contes et nouvelles en vers0 by ,la ,fontaine1 #agfb4 ,the reproduction facing the frontispiece is after ,choffard's visiting card4 ,the head-piece from ,choffard's book entitled 8,notice historique sur l'art de la gravure en ,france10 #ahjd1 is here used as a head-piece to 8,the life of ,choffard40 ,this little composition is supposed1 by some1 to represent the artist himself1 when a young man1 in his studio4 ,a tail-piece from 8,contes et nouvelles en vers0 by ,la ,fontaine1 #agfb1 here forms a tail-piece to 8,the life of ,choffard40 ,a head-piece in 8,dictionnaire des graveurs1 etc40 by ,basan1 #aghi1 is here placed as a head-piece to 8,the art of ,choffard40 ,a tail-piece of 8,trait du beau essentiel dans les arts1 appliqu particulirement l'architecture1 etc40 by ,briseux1 #ageb1 is here used as a tail-piece to 8,the art of ,choffard40 ,much reduced4 ,the head-piece to the 8,catalogue of ,books0 is a tail-piece from 8,contes et nouvelles en vers0 by ,la ,fontaine1 #agfb4 ,a tail-piece from 8,contes et nouvelles en vers0 by ,la ,fontaine1 #agfb1 is here used for the same purpose for the 8,catalogue of ,books40 #a4 ,a vignette from 8,essai gographique sur les isles britanniques1 etc40 by ,bellin1 #ageg4 ,nearly the actual size4 #b4 ,tail-piece from 8,contes et nouvelles en vers0 by ,la ,fontaine1 #agfb4 #c4 ,head-piece from 8,les mtamorphoses d',ovide10 #agfg-agga4 #d4 ,head-piece from 8,les mtamorphoses d',ovide10 #agfg-agga4 #e4 ,a drawing by ,choffard for the tail-piece in 8,les mtamorphoses d',ovide10 #agfg-agga edition4 ,reduced4 #f4 ,eau-forte of the tail-piece1 just mentioned1 in 8,les mtamorphoses d',ovide10 #agfg-agga edition4 ,reduced4 #g4 ,finished plate of the last mentioned tail-piece4 ,reduced4 #h4 ,frontispiece of a subsequent edition of 8,les mtamorphoses d',ovide40 ,it is a combination of the decorated half-title and a fleuron in the #agfg-agga edition of the same book4 ,reduced4 #i4 ,vignette above the dedication to ,queen ,marie ,leczinska in 8,nouvel abrg chronologique de l'histoire de ,france1 etc40 by ,prsident ,hnault1 #agfh4 ,the portrait is engraved by ,gaucher after ,nattier and the setting is by ,choffard4 #aj4 ,head-piece from 8,les saisons0 by ,saint-,lambert1 #agfi4 #aa4 ,head-piece from 8,les saisons0 by ,saint-,lambert1 #agge4 #ab4 ,head-piece from 8,le jugement de ,paris0 by ,imbert1 #aggb4 #ac4 ,fleuron on the title-page of volume vii of 8,collection complte des uvres de ,j4-,j4 ,rousseau10 #aggd-aghc4 #ad4 ,the same illustration as the preceding one1 only draped4 ,this plate was never published and is cited nowhere4 #ae4 ,decorative title-page of 8,catalogue du cabinet de ,mr4 ,neyman0 by ,basan1 #aggf4 ,slightly reduced4 #af4 ,fleuron on the title-page of volume i of 8,histoire de la maison de ,bourbon0 by ,dsormeaux1 #aggi-aghh4 #ag4 ,tail-piece from 8,histoire de la maison de ,bourbon0 by ,dsormeaux1 #aggi-aghh4 ,slightly reduced4 #ah4 ,head-piece from 8,prjugs militaires0 by the ,prince de ,ligne1 #aghj4 #ai4 ,dedication vignette in 8,chansons nouvelles0 by de ,piis1 #aghe4 #bj4 ,head-piece in volume ii of 8,dictionnaire des graveurs1 etc40 by ,basan1 #aghi4 #ba4 ,fleuron on the title-page of 8,histoire de la mesure du temps par les horloges0 by ,ferdinand ,berthoud1 #ahjb4 ,,index ,,of ,,the ,,works ,,mentioned ,,in ,,the ,,catalogue ,,of ,,books ,,illustrated ,,by ,,choffard ,,page ,a elle #cg ,abrg de la vie des plus fameux peintres #ch ,almanach du chasseur #cg ,almanach iconologique #fg1 #fh ,amours du ,chevalier de ,faublas1 ,les #gf ,amusements d'un convalescent #cg ,architecture moderne1 ,l' #ajj ,arsace et ,ismnie #ci ,art de conduire et de rgler les pendules1 ,l' #dh ,arte y puntual explicacion del modo de tocar el violin #ci ,atala-,ren #eh ,atlas gographique et militaire #ie ,atlas moderne #ig ,atlas topographique des environs de ,paris #ci ,atlas universel #ic1 #ei ,aventures de ,tlmaque1 ,les #ff1 #ih ,bijoux des neuf surs1 ,les #hc ,cabinet des ,fes #ed ,cahiers de projets d'architectures #fb ,carte go-hydrographique du ,golfe du ,mexique #if ,cartes et tables de la gographie #ee ,catalogue des chevaliers1 etc41 de l'ordre du ,saint-,esprit #ef ,catalogue 444 des diffrens objets3 444 qui composoient le #db cabinet de feu ,m4 ,mariette ,catalogue des planches graves qui composent le fonds de ,basan #eg ,catalogue 444 d'un choix 444 de dessins1 etc41 qui composaient #he le cabinet de feu ,p4-,f4 ,basan pre ,catalogue d'une belle collection de dessins1 etc41 le tout #db1 #dc rassembl 444 par ,m4 ,neyman ,chansons nouvelles #hb ,code du ,bonheur #fe ,collection complte des uvres de ,j4-,j4 ,rousseau #hg ,collection de culs de lampe et fleurons #ci ,collection de cent vingt estampes1 etc41 qui composoient le #dc cabinet de ,m4 ,poullain ,comdies de ,trence1 ,les #ib ,contes et nouvelles en vers #ga1 #gc ,dcameron1 ,le #eb ,decamerone1 ,il #ea ,de la mesure du temps par les horloges #di ,de la nature des choses #gg ,description de la ,place de ,louis ,,xv #ge ,description des bains de ,titus #hc ,description gographique de la ,guyane #df ,description gographique des dbouquemens de ,saint ,domingue #de1 #dh ,description gographique des isles ,antilles #df1 #dg ,description gographique du ,golfe de ,venise #dg1 #dh ,description gographique1 etc41 de l'isle de ,corse #dg ,dictionnaire des graveurs #dc1 #ea ,diversi trofei #eh ,douze nouveaux quintetti #ec ,eclaircissemens sur l'invention 444 des nouvelles machines #di glise ,sainte ,genevieve #fd ,emile #hh ,essai gographique sur les isles britanniques #de ,essai sur l'horlogerie #dh ,estampes galantes des contes du ,boccace #ec ,etrennes galantes #fe1 #ff ,etrennes gographiques #ig ,fables choisies #gj ,faits mmorables des empereurs de la ,chine #fh ,galerie du ,palais-,royal #fa ,grande sonate pour le piano forte #ia ,hrodes #ea ,histoire amoureuse des gaules #ed ,histoire ancienne #fi ,histoire de la ,maison de ,bourbon #fb ,histoire de la mesure du temps par les horloges #ej ,histoire de ,louis ,,xv4 par mdailles #fi ,histoire gnrale des provinces-unies #ij ,histoire militaire de ,flandre #ih ,hydraulique naturelle1 ,l' #ic ,iconologie par figures #fg ,ide gnrale de la ville de ,rheims #gj ,idylles #dh ,jardins1 ,les #fb ,jugement de ,paris1 ,le #gj ,lettre de ,sapho ,phaon #ea ,lettres de deux amants #hf ,lettres d'une pruvienne #ff ,lettres en vers #ea ,livre d'cussons et cartels #ei ,manuel du chasseur #eg ,maximes et rflexions morales #gd ,mtamorphoses d',ovide1 ,les #gg1 #ha1 #ga ,mthode pour le piano-forte #hc ,notice historique sur l'art de la gravure en ,france #ei1 #id ,nouvel abrg 444 de l'histoire de ,france #fi ,nouvelle ,hlose1 ,la #hf uvres badines et morales #eg uvres compltes de ,berquin #dh uvres compltes de ,m4 ,palissot #hb uvres de ,jean ,racine #hc1 #hd uvres de ,j4-,j4 ,rousseau #hh uvres de ,m4 ,palissot #ha ,orlando furioso #ch ,plans et lvations de la ,place royale de ,nancy #ii ,prjugs militaires #ge ,pucelle d',orlans1 ,la #id ,recueil d'estampes graves d'aprs les tableaux du cabinet de #da ,monseigneur le ,duc de ,choiseul ,recueil de diligences1 etc4 #ii ,recueil de nouvelles et autres crits divers #ajj ,romance #fc ,saisons1 ,les #hh1 #hi #bme4 ,suite de culs de lampe et fleurons #dj ,supplment l'abrg de la vie des plus fameux peintres #ch ,tableaux historiques de la rvolution franaise #ia ,tableaux historiques des campagnes d',italie #ib ,tancrde #id ,thtre de ,p4 ,corneille #fa ,trait des horloges marines #di ,trait des montres longitude #di ,trait du beaux essentiel dans les arts #ed ,trois femmes #ajj ,trois femmes1 ,les #eh1 #ajj ,troisime partie de la carte d',europe #ch ,victoires et conqutes de l',empereur de la ,chine #ic ,voyage pittoresque de la ,grce #fj ,voyage pittoresque1 ou dscription des royaumes de ,naples et #hi de ,sicile ,,plates ,illustration3 ,a ,,vignette ,,from 8,,essai ,g,,ographique ,,sur ,,les ,,isles ,,britanniques1 ,,etc410 ,,by ,,bellin1 #ageg4 ,,nearly ,,the ,,actual ,,size4 ,illustration3 ,,tail-,,piece ,,from 8,,contes ,,et ,,nouvelles ,,en ,,vers10 ,,by ,,la ,,fontaine1 #agfb4 ,illustration3 ,,head-,,piece ,,from 8,,les ,m,,tamorphoses ,d',,ovide10 #agfg-agga4 ,illustration3 ,,head-,,piece ,,from 8,,les ,m,,tamorphoses ,d',,ovide10 #agfg-agga4 ,illustration3 ,a ,,drawing ,,by ,,choffard ,,for ,,the ,,tail-,,piece ,,in 8,,les ,m,,tamorphoses ,d',,ovide10 #agfg-agga ,,edition4 ,,reduced4 ,illustration3 ,,eau-,,forte ,,of ,,the ,,tail-,,piece1 ,,just ,,mentioned1 ,,in 8,,les ,m,,tamorphoses ,d',,ovide10 #agfg-agga ,,edition4 ,,reduced4 ,illustration3 ,,finished ,,plate ,,of ,,the ,,foregoing ,,tail-,,piece4 ,,reduced4 ,illustration3 ,,frontispiece ,,of ,a ,,subsequent ,,edition ,,of 8,,les ,m,,tamorphoses ,d',,ovide40 ,,it ,,is ,a ,,combination ,,of ,,the ,,decorated ,,half-,,title ,,and ,a ,,fleuron ,,in ,,the #agfg-agga ,,edition ,,of ,,the ,,same ,,book4 ,,reduced4 ,illustration3 ,,vignette ,,above ,,the ,,dedication ,,to ,,queen ,,marie ,,leczinska ,,in 8,,nouvel ,,abr,g ,,chronologique ,,de ,l',,histoire ,,de ,,france1 ,,etc410 ,,by ,,pr,,sident ,h,,nault1 #agfh4 ,,the ,,portrait ,,is ,,engraved ,,by ,,gaucher ,,after ,,nattier ,,and ,,the ,,setting ,,is ,,by ,,choffard4 ,illustration3 ,,head-,,piece ,,from 8,,les ,,saisons10 ,,by ,,saint-,,lambert1 #agfi4 ,illustration3 ,,head-,,piece ,,from 8,,les ,,saisons10 ,,by ,,saint-,,lambert1 #agge4 ,illustration3 ,,head-,,piece ,,from 8,,le ,,jugement ,,de ,,paris10 ,,by ,,imbert1 #aggb4 ,illustration3 ,,fleuron ,,on ,,the ,,title-,,page ,,of ,,volume ,,vii ,,of 8,,collection ,,compl,,te ,,des ,,uvres ,,de ,j4-,j4 ,,rousseau10 #aggd-aghc4 ,illustration3 ,,the ,,same ,,illustration ,,as ,,the ,,preceding ,,one1 ,,only ,,draped4 ,,this ,,plate ,,was ,,never ,,published ,,and ,,is ,,cited ,,nowhere4 ,illustration3 ,,decorative ,,title-,,page ,,of 8,,catalogue ,,du ,,cabinet ,,de ,,mr4 ,,neyman10 ,,by ,,basan1 #aggf4 ,,slightly ,,reduced4 ,illustration3 ,,fleuron ,,on ,,the ,,title-,,page ,,of ,,volume #a ,,of 8,,histoire ,,de ,,la ,,maison ,,de ,,bourbon10 ,,by ,d,,sormeaux1 #aggi-aghh4 ,illustration3 ,,tail-,,piece ,,from 8,,histoire ,,de ,,la ,,maison ,,de ,,bourbon10 ,,by ,d,,sormeaux1 #aggi-aghh4 ,,slightly ,,reduced4 ,illustration3 ,,head-,,piece ,,from 8,,pr,,jug,s ,,militaires10 ,,by ,,the ,,prince ,,de ,,ligne1 #aghj4 ,illustration3 ,,dedication ,,vignette ,,in 8,,chansons ,,nouvelles10 ,,by ,,de ,,piis1 #aghe4 ,illustration3 ,,head-,,piece ,,in ,,volume ,,ii ,,of 8,,dictionnaire ,,des ,,graveurs1 ,,etc410 ,,by ,,basan1 #aghi4 ,illustration3 ,,fleuron ,,on ,,the ,,title-,,page ,,of 8,,histoire ,,de ,,la ,,mesure ,,du ,,temps ,,par ,,les ,,horloges10 ,,by ,,ferdinand ,,berthoud1 #ahjb4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------------- ,transcriber's notes #a4 ,silently corrected typographical errors and inconsistencies2 retained non-standard spelling4 #b4 ,added one line in the ,,toc to include the ,index #c4 ,italic text in the original is delimited by underscores4