- 4662
Perrault, Charles (1628-1703).
Estimate
500 - 700 GBP
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Description
- Les hommes illustres qui ont paru en France pendant ce siècle: avec leurs portraits au naturel. Paris: Antoine Dezallier, 1696-1700
2 volumes, folio (432 x 280mm.), [8], 100, [2]; [4], 102, [2]pp., illustration: engraved frontispiece, engraved vignette on title-pages, 101 engraved portraits by Edelinck and Lubin after various artists, 2 engraved tail-pieces, woodcut initials and head-pieces, binding: contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt in compartments, occasional staining and soiling, slight worming in some inner margin of volume 1, bindings slightly rubbed
Provenance
Nicolas-Joseph Foucault (1643-1721), bookplate
Literature
Lipperheide 1115
Condition
Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
A comprehensive collection of the cultural, political and intellectual figures of seventeenth-century France. The work originally included portraits and biographies of Pascal and Arnauld, which were suppressed before publication and replaced with portraits of Thomassin and Du Cange. The original portraits were sometimes added to copies after publication, making a total of 103.