COCHIN (Charles-Nicolas). Collection de vignettes, fleurons - Lot 121

COCHIN (Charles-Nicolas). Collection de vignettes, fleurons et culs-de-lampes: ou Suite Chronologique de Faits relatifs à l'Histoire de France. In 40 plates. A handsome 18th-century plate book on French history, with 5 plates, from the collection of bibliophile and print enthusiast André Barrier. Paris, Prevost, 1767. Vol. in-folio (320 x 250 mm), glazed fawn and marbled half-calf with corners, spine ribbed and decorated with a mosaic of red morocco (binding signed Stroobants). Title, 37 leaves of plates. Minor foxing and a few traces of pencil notes. First edition of this collection of vignettes composed by Charles-Nicolas Cochin and engraved in part by himself. The work includes an engraved title and 40 superb vignettes, spread over 34 plates. Enriched with 5 additional vignettes, including an allegory "La santé rend à la France un monarque victorieux" (Louis XV, 1744) and "Louis XV arme Mgr le Dauphin au camp de Fontenay" (1745). Excellent prints on strong laid paper. Engravings created to illustrate President Hénault's Abrégé chronologique de l'Histoire de France (1749). The suite was purchased by Prevost, who refurbished it and offered it for sale almost 20 years after its completion. Provenance: from the library of André Barrier (Paris, 1870-1957), with his bookplate (woodcut by Dété) affixed to the first flyleaf, accompanied by that of Marcelle Léonardin (woodcut by Dété). André Barrier, president of the Paris Court of Appeal and a great bibliophile, was a print collector and president of the Cent Bibliophiles. A fine, fresh, clean copy in a fine binding by Stroobants.