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PASTORALE
A fine sheet, mounted on thin cardboard with pencil and brown ink wash.Second half of the 18th century.Some stains, a halo, and a crease in the upper right corner...
200.00 €
VUE DU JARDIN DU ROI
Also known as the Royal Garden of Medicinal Plants and currently known as the Botanical Garden seen from the Pont d'Austerlitz.After CourvoisierFine impression with wide margins, slight uniform yellowing.Published by Basset circa 1805..
200.00 €
VUE DU DECEINTREMENT DU PONT DE NEUILLY
From: 'Description of the Projects and Construction of the Bridges of Neuilly, Mantes, Orléans and others, of the Project of the Burgundy Canal, For the Communication of the Two Seas by Dijon, and of that of the Conduit of the Waters of the Yvette and Bièvre to Paris' (and the Supplement), by Jean Rodolphe Perronet, Burgundy Canal, for the connection of the two seas by Dijon, and those for the canals of Yvette and Bièvre to Paris.), Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1782-83 (the supplement published by Didot & Jombert, 1789).Jean Rodolphe Perronet (1708-1794) was a French architect and construction engineer, best known for his stone arch bridges. He is considered the father of modern bridge construction. In 1747, Perronet was appointed director of the Bureau des Dessinateurs du Roi (King's Draftsmen's Office). At this first École des Ponts et Chaussées (School of Bridges and Roads), Perronet was responsible for training bridge and road engineers and supervising their work in the regions where they practiced. The office was renamed the École des Ponts et Chaussées (School of Bridges and Roads) in 1775. An organizer, inspirer, and teacher, Perronet was a true spiritual father to his students and used a new teaching method. Appointed First Engineer to the King in 1763, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1788, after becoming a member of the Academy of Sciences in 1765. In addition to bridges, 2,500 kilometers of roads were built or repaired under Perronet's direction.A fine print trimmed to the copperplate margin, with two small dents visible mainly on the verso, a common mark of a miter fold...
380.00 €
COQ ET POULES, NOIRE ET BLANCHE
Stencil in colors and in gilt bronze and silver ink. Very nice proof on beige textured vellum, signed and numbered 27/100 lower left. Framed proof, small losses in the cornersCa.1920 Georges is the third son of the painter Camille Pissarro who was his first teacher. Manzana-Pissarro is influenced by Japanese prints as much as the Tahitian and Martinican scenes of Gauguin and develops a penchant for Orientalism which results in the use of gold, silver and copper paint which he enhances his watercolors of fish and birds. Also interested in Applied Arts, he studied the English Arts movement in London.Print : 465 x 295With frame : : 495 x 325..
900.00 €
