After Peter Paul Rubens
La Gallerie Du Palais Du Luxembourg Peinte Par Rubens
Chez de Sr. Duchange
1710
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An early printing of La Gallerie Du Palais Du Luxembourg Peinte Par Rubens.
- After Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish).
- Drawn by Jean-Mark Nattier (French).
- Engraved by I.B. Massé... et al.
- Paris: Chez de Sr. Duchange, 1710.
- Elephant folio.
- Unpaginated [24 engraved plates (including 3 double plates), plus the title page and “avertissement”] [29 leaves in total].
- Text in French.
- Bound in full brown leather with gilt ornamentation to edges, paneled spine with a black label and gilt ornamentation.
La Gallerie Du Palais Du Luxembourg Peinte Par Rubens is a famous 18th-century illustrated book documenting Peter Paul Rubens' 24-painting cycle of Marie de' Medici's life. This volume presents engraved reproductions of Peter Paul Rubens’s works by 11 different artists. The eleven engravers are: I.B. Massé; G. Edelinck; Lud. de Chatillon; G. Duchange; A. Loir; J. Audran; A. Trouvain; B. Audran; B. Picart; C. Simonneau and C. Vermeulen.
Condition Report
GoodLacking the engraved frontispiece titled “Pierre Paul Rubens.”
Spine has a loss of leather to the head and tail edges, significant chipping throughout, impacting the legibility of the label, and cracking to joints.
Boards have bumping to corners (primarily to the rear bottom fore corner), the leather is tearing and beginning to separate from the board along the front bottom fore corner, moderate chipping to edges, rubbing wear and discoloration to surfaces, and cracking to leather throughout.
Textblock has an archival repair to the bottom corner of the first double spread plate [leaf 16], a small ink drawing to leaf [23], minor splitting to the gutter throughout, occasional closed tears and wear to edges [not impacting illustrations], light foxing to some pages, and age toning throughout.
Some plates have tissue guards present.
Contains a loose engraved plate reproduction of the painting “The Denial of Saint Peter” originally by Gerard Seghers laid in along the rear free end pages (c. 17th century).
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