Contes et nouvelles, Mis en beau langage accomodé au goût de temps, & enrichis de figures en taille-douce
Amsterdam, George Callet, 1698.
12°, 2 volumes, frontispiece, (30)-374-(6) pages and 318-(8) pages. Contemporary marbled calf, gilt spine with raised bands, red morocco title labels, gilt edges. Armorial bookplate. Half the leaves uniformly and slightly foxed. Item #3865
First illustrated edition, in the style of Romeyn De Hooghe, by one of his pupils.
This is the first issue of the 72 half-page compositions designed and engraved by Jan Harrewijn in the style of his master Romeyn De Hooghe and the frontispiece by Jan van Vianen after Jan Goeree.
This 1698 Amsterdam edition is the first under the title Contes et nouvelles instead of Heptaméron.
A fine copy in contemporary binding.
Brunet, III, 1417 ; Tchemerzine IV, 383 ; Cohen 680 (1708 edition) ; Landwehr, Romeyn de Hooghe, p. 15.
Price: €1,000.00