HOOGHE, Romeyn de

Lot 44
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HOOGHE, Romeyn de
The Hundred New Stories Cologne, Pierre Gaillard, 1701 A VERY FINE COPY FOR JEAN-JACQUES DE BURE, THEN FOR THE DUC DE CHARTRES First edition illustrated by Romeyn de Hooghe 2 volumes in-8 (153 x 95 mm). Printing of the title in red and black. A vignette and a cul-de-lampe by Romeyn de Hooghe COLLATION: *8 (with signature error) 2*8 A-Z8 2A-B8 (without the last bl. f.); *8 2*4 A-Z8 2A8 2B4 ILLUSTRATION : a frontispiece by Romeyn de Hooghe engraved by Van der Gouwen and one hundred mid-page figures engraved in intaglio by Romeyn de Hooghe CONTEMPORARY BINDING ATTRIBUTABLE TO DEROME. green morocco, gilt decoration, framed with a roulette and fillets, long spines decorated, gilt edges PROVENANCE: Jean-Jacques de Bure (1765-1853; annotation and autograph signature, in ink, on the first endpaper: "collat. complet. Le 7 7bre 1794. 21 fructidor, year 2. J. J. de Bure elder son. This book was given to me by my brother" -- Kraft de La Saulx (bookplate) -- Robert d'Orléans, duc de Chartres, grandson of Louis-Philippe (1840-1910; label of Pierre Berès) -- Pierre Berès (label with the mention "Bibliothèque duc de Chartres"; not listed in catalog 44) - Henri Florin de Duikingberg (1917-1994; bookplate; his sale, 24 November 2010, no. 15, €5.625 with costs) "There are two editions of this book under the same date: one with the figures halfway through, the other with the figures drawn separately. Despite Brunet's uncertainty about the priority of these two editions, in all copies where the figures are printed separately the proofs are worse than in those where they are half-page" (Cohen-de Ricci) BIBLIOGRAPHY: Cohen-de Ricci, col. 658-659 -- Landwehr, Romeyn de Hooghe as Book Illustrator, n. 94 -- Rahir, Bibliothèque de l'amateur, p. 359: "in some copies, the figures are drawn in the text, in others they are drawn out of the text; one looks rather for the first ones whose figures are in better proofs"
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