Gilles Demarteau the Elder

Etching in a crayon manner printed in black and blue after Jean-Baptiste Hüet, 1775, a fine impression, trimmed outside the borderline, a few fox marks, a thin area at right edge of sheet otherwise in good condition; with Le marche by and after the same; with after François Boucher, nine etchings in a crayon manner (Jean-Richard 597, 621, 631, 649, 702, 736, 747, 805, 848) by Demarteau, each printed in sepia apart from J.R. 848, with small margins, J.R. 848 trimmed to borderline, some fox marks, paper discoloration, slight surface dirt, occasional folds, J.R. 597 with a small repaired tear at lower edge of sheet (away from the image), otherwise in generally good condition; with Claude Lorrain, The flight into Egypt; and Coast scene with an artist (Mannocci 9, 36), etchings, circa 1630-1641, two plates, first state (of four), third state (of five) respectively, very good impressions, trimmed on or just within the platemark, with thread margins in places, with fox marks and slight paper discoloration, M. 36 with a diagonal fold across upper part of image, otherwise in generally good condition; with Abraham Bosse, "Costumes and habits" (L.B. 557-560, 740, 741, 753, 754, 771, 781); with Robert Nanteuil, four portraits, engravings, circa 1658-1662, fine impressions; and 10 other works by various artists

J.R. 649 ex coll. J. Michelin (L. 1490); L.B. 557-560 duplicates from the Waldburg Wolfegg print room in Wurtemberg (L. 2542); L.B. 753 ex coll. G. Cognacq (L. 538d), J.P. Heseltine (L. 1508); one portrait by Nanteuil ex coll. M. Bégon (L. 360)

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