Le courtisan grotesque / Adrian de Monluc dit comte de Cramail ; [eaux-fortes de] Miro
Image Count:
6
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
The text is a short satirical treatise by a little-known aristocrat and amateur bellettrist of considerable charm, whose ascendancy under Louis XIII was cut short when Richelieu had him arrested in 1635 and thrown into the Bastille, where he languished un
Description:
Comprised of 34 sheets folded to form 68 leaves, of which 4 of the sheets are blank. Each 4-leaf gathering consists of a sheet bearing text and another bearing illustrations. Sheets bearing text are numbered [1], 2, [3], 4-14, [15]; those bearing illustra
Dates from wrappers., Engraved color t.p., Illustrations hand-colored., and Wrapper title: Picturesque views of American scenery / engraved by Hill from drawings by Joshua Shaw, landscape painter.
Dates from wrappers., Engraved color t.p., Illustrations hand-colored., and Wrapper title: Picturesque views of American scenery / engraved by Hill from drawings by Joshua Shaw, landscape painter.
Dates from wrappers., Engraved color t.p., Illustrations hand-colored., and Wrapper title: Picturesque views of American scenery / engraved by Hill from drawings by Joshua Shaw, landscape painter.
Engraved title page on 2 leaves, with vignette in colors. and First published as the concluding part of his New illustration of the sexual system of Carolus von Linnaeus, 1807.
