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TWO COPPER-PLATE ENGRAVINGS OF THE CONQUESTS OF THE EMPEROR QIANLONG
DATED 1765 AND 1774
the first depicting the surrender of the Arcul, from a drawing by Jean-Denis Attiret, engraved by Jacques Aliamet under the direction of C.N. Cochin, the lower edge inscribed Js. Dios. Attiret Soc. Jesu, del. 1765, C.N. Cochin filius Dirrex. and J. Aliamet Sculp.; the second depicting the victory of Khorgos, from a drawing by Jean-Denis Attiret, engraved by Jacques-Philippe Le Bas, the lower right corner inscribed Grave par J. P. Le Bas Graveur du Cabinet du Roi en 1774 (2)
Height 20 in., 50.8 cm; Width 35 in., 89 cm
Estimate
15,000
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25,000
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