Durey, Signed (2 results)

3 inches x 4.75 inches. Reprint. The first edition was published in 1751, with reprints in 1755 and 1782. 212 pp. In French. Contents: Le Masque, ou Anecdotes Particuliers de *** 164 pp; Histoire D'une Fille Célebre 165 - 212 pp. Decorated eps. Inscription on blank opposite half-title dated 1909. Text clean throughout. Binding tight. Full tan leather with gilt lettering on black spine label. Bottom corner of title label chipped away. Gilt rule and decoration on spine. All edges gilt. Gilt decoration to margins of boards. Top and bottom of spine rubbed. Corners rubbed. Overall condition VG.

1 feuille (455 x 700 mm), dessin au au crayon, au pastel, et à la gouache, signé. Grand et beau dessin exécuté au pastel et à la gouache, figurant une scène de vie animée d'une baie en Méditerranée, signé J. Duret. Au premier plan, plusieurs navires de toute tailles sont échoué sur une grève. L'un d'eux a les mats brisés à mi-hauteur, des marins s'affairent sur deux des embarcations dont l'une est gréée. Au loin, 2 autres bateaux naviguent à la voile. Sur la gauche, on distingue les murs d'une cité fortifiée aux pieds desquels se tiennent plusieurs personnages. En face, sur un caillou escarpé, se dresse la haute tour d'un phare. Un ciel coloré de lever du jour éclaire d'une douce lumière ce coin de cote qui pourrait se situer en Espagne. 1 sheet (455 x 700 mm). Drawing in pencil, pastel, and gouache, signed. Large and beautiful drawing executed in pastel and gouache, depicting a lively scene of life in a bay in the Mediterranean, signed J. Duret. In the foreground, several ships of all sizes are stranded on a beach. One of them has its masts broken halfway up, sailors bustle about two of the boats, one of which is rigged. In the distance, 2 other boats are sailing. On the left, we can see the walls of a fortified city at the feet of which several figures stand. Opposite, on a steep pebble, stands the high tower of a lighthouse. A colorful sky at dawn shines a soft light on this corner of the coast which could be located in Spain.