Chertablon M De (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 4to. pp. 63, [1], [10 leaves of Dutch text containing the explanation of the plates). title in red & black. 42 engraved plates after designs by Romeyn De Hooghe. late 19th century quarter chagrin. David De La Vigne's Miroir de la Bonne Mort, with etchings by Dutch master Romeyn de Hooghe, was first published in French at Amsterdam in 1673, and then in Dutch translation. According to Landwehr, the plates in the present work and in a Dutch version of 1694, are reversed and engraved copies of the original De Hooghe illustrations. Virtually all of the engravings are death bed scenarios, in which the soon to be departed is attended by priest and friends, and counseled by angels to contemplate scenes (represented in the form of oil paintings) from the last supper, passion, and death of Christ. Chertablon's religious reflections on death and his interpretations and elucidations of the spiritual significance of the engravings (pp. 63) appear here for the first time. Brunet I 1834. Cohen-De Ricci 232-33. Goldsmith, BM STC French C873. Landwehr, Romeyn de Hooghe as Book Illustrator, 84 (apparently without the 10 leaves of Dutch text).…

Petit in-4 carré ( 260 X 200 mm ) de 63 pages de texte et 42 planches, plein maroquin chocolat, dos à nerfs orné de caissons et fleurons dorés, triple filet doré d'encadrement sur les plats, coupes filetées d'or, tranches dorées, dentelle intérieure dorée. 42 planches emblématiques à la riche symbolique d'inspiration baroque de Romain DE HOOGHE. Edition originale. ( Praz 350. Cohen de Ricci 232 ). Marges de 2 planches anciennement restaurées, trace d'ancienne mouillure sur un plat, bel exemplaire, agréablement relié. Bible religion Histoire.…