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Cars, Laurent (Lyon 1699-Paris 1771). Michel Anguier de la Ville d'Eu sculp.r ordre du Roy Recteur en son Academie de Peint.re et de Sculp.re. after Gabriel Revel. 1733. Fine large engraved portrait of the French sculptor/medallist Michel Anguier; half-length, turned to left but looking in front, wrapped in drapery, in oval frame, lettered with title (see above) around oval; lettered on pedestal "Gab.Revel pinx. Gravé par Laurent Cars pour sa reception à l'Academie en 1733". 36,2 x 25 cm. (# 5852)

I.F.F. III, 475, No. 33. Le Blanc I, 608, No. 20. Firmin-Didot, Graveurs de Portraits en France, No. 2477. Second state (of 2), with lettering. Fine artist's portrait/portrait d'artiste, also Laurent Cars' Reception Piece/Morceau de Réception for his admission to the Académie de Peinture et de Sculpture in Paris. The engraver Laurent Cars was admitted to the Royal Paris Académie in 1733 with this engraved portrait of the Royal sculptor and rector of the Académie, Michel Anguier (Eu 1612 or 1614-Paris 1686); after a painting, now lost, by Gabriel Revel (Château-Thierry 1643-Dijon 1712), painted in 1682 for his admission to the Royal Académie. - Pencil stroke touching immage, thumbed. Sharp impression on heavy paper, with ample margins.

Chéreau, François (Blois 1680-Paris 1729). Nicolas de Launay. Escuyer Conseiller Secretaire du Roy, Maison Couronne de France et de ses Finances, Directeur de la Monnoye des Médailles et de l'Orfévrerie de sa Majesté. After Hyacinthe Rigaud. 1719. Beautiful, very large, engraved portrait of the French goldsmith/medallist Nicolas de Launay, three-quarter length, head turned to left, with left hand pointing at viewer and right hand resting on table, wrapped in ample drapery. Lettered underneath with name and titles of sitter (see above) and signed in the plate "Peint par Hyancinthe Rigaud en 1713. Gravé par Fr. Chereau en 1719." 48,6 x 35,5 cm. (# 5851)

Firmin-Didot, Graveurs de Portraits en France, No. 252. I.F.F. IV, 326, No. 41/II. Le Blanc II, 8, No. 31. In database British Museum. Second state, with lettering. This very large portrait is a main work of the Royal French engraver François Chéreau. Nicolas Delaunay or De Launay (1646-Paris 1727) was a very famous goldsmith, who worked extensively for Louis XIV. In 1696 he was appointed, Director of the Royal Mint and became Secretary to King Louis XIV, who granted him a noble rank. The original portrait painted in 1713 by the Royal painter Hyacinthe Rigaud (Perpignan 1659-Paris 1743), the leading French portrait painter of his era, is lost. - A few tiny tears in blank margins, tiny part of lower left corner repaired; blank margins slightly thumbed. Good impression on strong paper.

Chodowiecki, Daniel N. (Gdansk 1726-Berlin 1801). Portrait of Wilhelm Abraham Teller. (Berlin and Stettin, Fr. Nicolai, 1776). Beautiful stipple etching depicting a bust in pofile to right in a roundel. Lettered on the tablet "D.W.A. Teller" and at bottom right "D. Chodowiecki ad viv. del & sc. 1775". 15,7 x 9,5 cm (image). (# 5847)

Engelmann No. 142. Bauer No. 258 (third state). In database British Museum.Third state (of 3). Illustration to "Allgemeine Deutsche Bibliothek", the famous periodical published by Friedrich Nicolai. Wilhelm Abraham Teller (Leipzig 1734-Berlin 1804) was an enlightened Protestant theologian, pastor, professor of theology and General Superintendent at the University of Helmstedt; later Provost of Cologne, with a seat in the Supreme Consistory of Berlin; member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences. He was the author of numerous (controversial) books and one of the chief contributors of Nicolai's "Algemeine Deutsche Bibliothek". The German Polish artist Daniel Nicolaus Chodowiecki was the most famous German graphic artist of his time. - Well preserved, sharp impression on thin paper, with small margin.

Desrochers, Étienne (Lyon 1668-Paris 1741). François Verdier. Peintre ordinaire du Roy, & ancien Professeur en son Academie de Peinture et de Sculpture. After Jean Ranc. 1723. Large engraved portrait of the painter François Verdier, half-length, head turned to the right, in an oval within rectangular frame, a palette with brushes and a portcrayon below; engraved inscription (see above) on pedestal; in the plate signed underneath "Ranc pinxit. Gravé par E. Desrochers pour sa reception a l'Academie en 1723." 36 x 25,8 cm (plate-mark). (# 5848)

I.F.F. VII, 260, No. 597. Le Blanc II, 121, No. 121. Firmin-Didot, Graveurs de Portraits en France, No. 2483. Second state (of II), with lettering. Fine artist's portrait/portrait d'artiste, also Reception Piece/Morceau de Réception for Desrochers' admission to the Académie de Peinture et de Sculpture in Paris. Étienne Jahandier Desrochers was admitted to the Paris Académie in 1723 with this engraved portrait of the Royal painter François Verdier (Paris 1651-Paris 1730), after a painting of Jean Ranc (Montpellier 1674-Madrid 1735). Desrochers is especially known as a good portraitist. - Sharp impression on heavy paper. Thread margins. Paper very lightly browned.

(Devéria). Collection de 25 portraits des personnages les plus célèbres du siècle de Louis XIV, avec une notice sur chacun. Paris, Lemarchand, 1829. With 25 fine steel-engraved plates showing portraits of Mme de Sévigné, Louis XIV, Madame de Maintenon, Turenne, Le Rochefoucauld, Bossuet, Descartes, Molière, La Fontaine, Boileau, Corneille, Racine, etc., engraved by different artists after Devéria. 55 pp. 8vo. Original wrappers (slightly foxed, small defects to spine-ends), uncut. (# 5347)

The engravers are Dien, Tavernier, Decauvilliers, Wegwood, Sixdeniers, Muller, Adam, Johanneau, etc. Each portrait is accompanied by a biography of the depicted person. On the front-cover is printed: "Pour faire suite à toutes les éditions des lettres de Mme de Sévigné". - Slightly foxed.

Galle, Cornelis II (Antwerp 1615-Antwerp 1678). Portrait of Johann Adolph Krebs; after Anselmus van Hulle. 1649. Fine engraved portrait bust, slightly turned to left but looking in front, in an oval with coats of arms above and below; lettered around portrait "Pax est publica tranquillitas, et tranquilla libertas." Lettered on pedestal "Ioannes Adolphus Krebs, Ser.mi. Domini Maximiliani Electoris Bavariae etc. Consiliarius intimus et ad Pacis Tractatus Monasterij et Osnabrugis, Legatus Plenipotentiarius.... Anselmus van Hulle pinxit et Corn. Galle sculp. 1649. Cum privilegio Regum et Hollandiae ordinum." 29,7 x 19 cm (plate-mark). (# 5853)

Van Someren No. 185, Krebs (62). Hollstein, Dutch, VII, Cornelis Galle II, from Nos. 219-308. This is one from a series of portraits showing the dignitaries present at the Peace of Münster and Osnabrück, Piece of Westphalia, in 1648. Johann Adolph Krebs (died after 1661), "Kurbayerischer Staatsmann, Gesandter zum Westphälischen Friedenskongress", was the Bavarian envoy for Elector Maximilian of Bavaria at this Peace Treaty. The Dutch Stadhouder Frederik Hendrik commissioned these portraits from his court painter Anselmus Hulle (Gent 1601-ca. 1674). They were engraved by several artists. - Good impression; thread margins.

Gunst, Pieter van (Amsterdam 1659-after 1731). Portrait of Isaac Verburg, after Jan Maurits Quinkhard. Fine engraved portrait bust directed to right, with long-haired wig, in an oval; lettered around oval "Isaacus Verburgius Lugd. Batav. Ut vivas vigila." Below "natus 1684", and 6 line Latin poem by D. Hoogstratanus (=David van Hoogstraten); at bottom signed in the plate "Quinckhardt pinxit. P. van Gunst sculpsit". 34,5 x 22,5 cm (plate mark). (# 5854)

Van Someren No. 5734. Wurzbach I, 622, No. 54. Isaac Verburg was born in Leiden, according to this engraving in 1684, according to others in 1680. He was Rector of the Latin schools in Amsterdam and author and translator of several books, he died 1745 in Amsterdam. The painting by Jan Maurits Quinkhard of 1725, is in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. This print, by the Amsterdam engraver Pieter Stevensz van Gunst is thus made between 1725 and c. 1731. - Mounted, good impression, with small margins.

Hallé, Noël (Paris 1711-Paris 1781). Monseigneur le Duc de Chartres passe a N. Dame de Gournay ou il est reçeu a la porte de l'Eglise par M.re Jean Baptiste Thomas du Taillis curé qui l'attendoit a la tete du Clergé et celebra la messe en presence de Son Altesse pour demander a Dieu la conservation de ce prince dans la campagne quil va faire contre les ennemis de l'etat. Le 27 avril 1744. Paris, chez Tardieu, 1744. Fine engraving and etching, by Nicolas Henri Tardieu after a design by Noël Hallé; signed Hallé inv., N. Tardieu sculp.; with 4 lines of engraved text underneath (see above). 30,7 x 21,7 cm. (# 5827)

Willk-Brocard, Les Hallé, 478-479 No. 295, with illustration. Estournet, Hallé, 157 No. 156. Portalis et Béraldi III, 583 No. 9. Only state. Beautiful full-length portraits of Louis Philippe I d'Orléans (1725-1785) "le Gros" (the Fat) and a group of his companions receiving a blessing with holy water from the parish priest Jean Baptiste Thomas du Taillis, who is standing with a group of clergymen in front of the church N. Dame in Gournay at the Marne. Louis Philippe I d'Orléans was serving with the French armies and distinguished himself in the War of the Austrian Succession, the war between France and England. The French painter Noël Hallé made the design especially for this political French broadsheet. The French engraver/etcher Nicolas Henri Tardieu (1674-1749), was also print publisher. "Louis XV déclare la guerre à l'Angleterre et à l'Autriche le 15 mars 1744 et fait envahir les Pays-Bas. Le 27 avril, le duc de Chartres passe par Gournay, sur les bords de la Marne ... Ce dessin (par Hallé) destiné à la gravure est la première oeuvre à son retour en France en 1744" (Willk-Brocard). - Ample margins, very well preserved on strong paper. Collector's stamp on verso of "Grossh. Museum zu Schwerin" (Lugt No. 2273).

Hondius, H., the Elder (Duffel 1573 - Den Haag 1650). Augustinus Marloratus. ca. 1610. Very fine engraved portrait. 165 x 121 mm. (# 5455)

The New Hollstein, Hondius, No. 190. Not in Wurzbach. 2nd state (of 2). Fine imprint on laid paper. With signature H fe(cit) in right upper corner. With engraved name in lower margin "Augustinus Marloratus" and four lines Latin text underneath: "Huic Augustino regnabat pectore candor, Huic uni caelum cura laborque fuit. Ex monarcho factus, purus sanctusque minister Divini verbi: martij amore Dei". In margin right: "cum privill." Hendrik Hondius first lived in Mechelen, Antwerpen and Brussel, for a short period in Amsterdam and Leiden, but mostly in Den Haag. The French Reformer Augustin Marlorat (Bar le Duc 1506 - Rouen 1562), minister at Rouen and the author of several theological books, became a Protestant martyr. He worked some time in Geneva and Lausanne (see: Haag, La France Protestante VII, 256-259). - Tear in background, not touching portrait. With margins, top margin trimmed within the borderline.

Neureuther, Eugen (München 1806 - 1882). Christmas-tree decorated by 10 members of the Münchner Radirklub (Munich Etching-club). München, 1843. Very funny etching showing the portraits of E. Neureuther himself, E. Kirchner, Chr. Morgenstern, H. Dyck, etc., growing out of flower-buds. 14 x 18,3 cm. (# 2240)

Nagler, Monogrammisten II, 635 No. 12. Title-leaf of 1843, for the 'Radirungen des Münchner Radirklubs, München 1844'. - Slightly foxed. Good impression, ample margins.

Neureuther, Eugen (München 1806 - 1882). Christmas-tree decorated by 10 members of the Münchner Radirklub (Munich Etching-club). München, 1843. Very funny etching showing the portraits of E. Neureuther himself, E. Kirchner, Chr. Morgenstern, H. Dyck, etc., growing out of flower-buds. 14 x 18,3 cm. (# 2242)

Nagler, Monogrammisten II, 635 No. 12. Title-leaf of 1843, for the 'Radirungen des Münchner Radirklubs, München 1844'. - Good impression, trimmed on the platemark, laid down.

Romanet, Antoine Louis (Paris 1742/43-after 1810). Portrait de Jean Grimoux peint par lui même. Paris, D.Ch. Buldet, 1765. Beautiful engraved and etched portrait of the painter Jean Alexis Grimou(x), bust directed to right, lettered in lower margin "Dédiée à Monsieur Emmanuel Handmann Peintre à Bâle. Tiré de la Coll.n de Tableaux de Mr Handmann - Par son Ami et Serviteur Chr.t de Mechel. Gravé à Bâle par A.L. Romanet en 1765. A Paris chez Buldet rue de Gesvres au Grand Coeur". 25 x 19,8 cm (plate-mark). (# 5850)

Le Blanc III, 353, No. 26. Nagler XV, 89, No. 6. Beautiful artist's portrait engraved after the painted self-portrait of the painter Jean alias Alexis Grimou (Argenteuil 1678-Paris 1733). The engraver Antoine Louis Romanet worked 1765-1767 with Christian von Mechel in Basel and then returned to Paris. This dedicator Christian von Mechel (Basel 1737-Berlin 1817) was a Swiss engraver. The portrait belonged to the Collection of Paintings of the Swiss painter Jakob Emanuel Handmann (Basel 1718-Bern 1781). - Ample margins. Paper slightly foxed.

Sayers, James (1748-1823). For the trial of Warren Ha(stings) ... Seventh Day. (London, February 1788). Political English caricature etched by James Sayers, with his signature JS, showing the trial in the House of Commons, including portraits of Warren Hastings, Edmund Burke, Charles James Fox and Sir Philip Francis. 17,8 x 12,7 cm. (# 5813)

National Portrait Gallery, www.npg.org.uk, No. NPG D12246, with picture. Warren Hastings (1732 - 1818) was Governor-General of India. His impeachment on ground of corruption and cruelty in his Indian administration begun 1788 and was concluded in 1795. Edmund Burke (1729 or 1730 - 1797), statesman, was active member of the committee which investigated the affairs of the East India Company and he opened the case of the impeachment in Westminster Hall. Charles James Fox (1749 - 1806), Whig statesman, and Sir Philip Francis (1740 - 1818), politician and pamphleteer, both also opposed Warren Hastings. James Sayers or Sayer (Yarmouth 1748 - London 1823) worked from c. 1780 as political caricaturist in London, supporting Pitt against Fox. - Thread margins, small hole in right lower margin just touching one letter, lightly browned, pasted on a leaf of 19th century paper.

(Wagner, F.) Vita, et virtutes Mariae Elisabethae, archiducis Austriae, Belgii Austriaci gubernatricis. Viennae Austriae, G. Kurtzböck, 1746. With engraved folding portrait of Maria Elisabeth by F.L. Schmitner. 11 lvs., 220 pp., 2 lvs. 8vo. Contemporary calf, back gilt (spine-ends and corners damaged, rubbed). (# 4770)

Cf. De Backer-Sommervogel VIII, 946, No. 21 (edition of 1745). The biography of Maria Elisabeth (1680 - 1741), daughter of Leopold I. Her brother Emperor Charles VI appointed her in 1725 as governess of the Netherlands. The Jesuit François Wagner (Wangen in Swabia 1675 - Vienna 1748) taught grammar and rhetoric at Krembs, Presbourg and Tyrnau and was director of the Jesuit seminar in Vienna. He was the author of numerous works. - Somewhat browned.