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THBNapoleonic-era military engravings by Swebach, from the Mecklenburg Library
Lot 36
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[NAPOLEON-ERA MILITARY SCENES] SWEBACH-DESFONTAINE, JACQUES FRANÇOIS JOSEPH. Encyclopédie pittoresque, ou suite de compositions, caprices et études, gravées au trait par Swebach dit Fontaine. Batailles, Marches, Campemens, Cantines, Chasses, Scènes rurales et familières, Costumes militaires et autres, Chevaux dans toutes les pauses avec leurs différents harnois. Cahier I [II, II, IV]. Paris: Delpech, circa 1817. Two volumes, three-quarters period green morocco over marbled boards, gilt contents labels within decorative gilt borders mounted to front covers. 12 x 9 inches (31 x 23 cm); 120 numbered engravings in all. Wear to spine and joints, boards and edges rubbed, generally a sound copy. Bookplates in Russian of the Library of George Georgievich, Duke of Mecklenburg. A series of compositions and studies, largely with a military theme, engraved by Swebach-Desfontaine. According to the engraved title of Cahier I, 180 plates were to be issued in this series, but any portion of the work appears to rare in commerce. This copy has the bookplate with shelf-marks of Duke Georgy Georgievich (Georg-Alexander-Michael-Friedrich-Wilhelm-Franz-Karl) of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, of the Russian branch of the House of Mecklenburg.No condition report? Click below to request one.*Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact and Doyle New York shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. Please contact the specialist department to request further information or additional images that may be available. Request a condition report
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