[ENGRAVINGS, 17th-20th century.] Set of 152 engravings: anim - Lot 458

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[ENGRAVINGS, 17th-20th century.] Set of 152 engravings: anim - Lot 458
[ENGRAVINGS, 17th-20th century.] Set of 152 engravings: animals, maps, trades, Robinson Crusoe... 91 enhanced animal engravings, after drawings by Edouard Traviès. Browned leaves, scattered foxing. 14 heightened engravings of regional trades and costumes. 3 folding maps engraved in black from "L'Abrégé de l'histoire ancienne de Monsieur Rollin" by Abbé Tailhié (1815). Attached, 3 black folding plans. 18 black engravings from "The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe" (Bernardin-Béchet, 1868). 5 engravings from "Annales romantiques: recueil de morceaux choisis de littérature contemporaine" (Louis Janet, 1830). 8 reproductions of 18th-century erotic engravings. 11 reproductions of erotic drawings in black. 1 black engraving of the Conciergerie in Paris. 2 engravings depicting Charles Martel's battle of Tours against the Saracens and a view of the château de Plessis-lès-Tours. 1 fold-out table from "Traité de calcul des probabilités". 1 "Hitman" drawing in red. 1 portrait-frontispiece from "Répertoire du Théâtre français" (A. Duprat, 1826). 1 black steel engraving depicting Adam and Eve, under serpente. An eclectic and delightful collection.
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